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author | Robert Alessi <alessi@robertalessi.net> | 2019-07-25 06:47:52 +0200 |
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committer | Robert Alessi <alessi@robertalessi.net> | 2019-07-25 06:47:52 +0200 |
commit | 00a7cdab3433d52a092fa53e1f5cd01edd54a684 (patch) | |
tree | 2dbb80122c9ea8bb0250b8151f40867f23789352 /README.md | |
parent | cf0d7038c1b3807b82fa9fbca1330fbbf944c582 (diff) | |
download | oldstandard-00a7cdab3433d52a092fa53e1f5cd01edd54a684.tar.gz |
renamed Old Standard T to Old Standard
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13 | Alessi: | 13 | Alessi: |
14 | 14 | ||
15 | * email: <alessi@roberalessi.net> | 15 | * email: <alessi@roberalessi.net> |
16 | * website: <http://www.robertalessi.net/oldstandard_t> | 16 | * website: <http://www.robertalessi.net/oldstandard> |
17 | * development: <http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard_t> | 17 | * development: <http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard> |
18 | * comments, feature requests, bug reports: <https://gitlab.com/ralessi/oldstandard_t/issues> | 18 | * comments, feature requests, bug reports: <https://gitlab.com/ralessi/oldstandard/issues> |
19 | 19 | ||
20 | 20 | ||
21 | This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, | 21 | This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, |
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: | |||
25 | History | 25 | History |
26 | ------- | 26 | ------- |
27 | This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old | 27 | This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old |
28 | Standard*.[^1] In comparison to *Old Standard*, *Old Standard T* | 28 | Standard*.[^1] In comparison to *Old Standard*, it includes new |
29 | includes new letters and some corrections: | 29 | letters and some corrections: |
30 | 30 | ||
31 | 1. Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three | 31 | 1. Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three |
32 | styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, | 32 | styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, |
@@ -38,19 +38,21 @@ includes new letters and some corrections: | |||
38 | ǧ (`U+01E7`, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character | 38 | ǧ (`U+01E7`, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character |
39 | missing from *Old Standard* that is needed in some of the accepted | 39 | missing from *Old Standard* that is needed in some of the accepted |
40 | standards of romanization of classical Arabic.[^2] | 40 | standards of romanization of classical Arabic.[^2] |
41 | 3. Additionally, *Old Standard T* corrects the `+ss06` feature | 41 | 3. Additionally, this release corrects the `+ss06` feature provided by |
42 | provided by *Old Standard*. This feature is supposed to distinguish | 42 | *Old Standard*. This feature is supposed to distinguish between |
43 | between regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta | 43 | regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta |
44 | (`U+03D0`) in medial position. This feature works in most cases | 44 | (`U+03D0`) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases |
45 | with *Old Standard*. However, it fails if the beta is preceded by a | 45 | with the previous release of *Old Standard*. However, it failed if |
46 | vowel with an acute accent taken from the *Greek extended* Unicode | 46 | the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the |
47 | block. | 47 | *Greek extended* Unicode block. |
48 | 48 | ||
49 | ### Why *Old Standard T*? | 49 | ### Why a new release of *Old Standard*? |
50 | At the time of writing, *Old Standard* was last updated six years | 50 | At the time of writing, *Old Standard* was last updated six years |
51 | ago. Nevertheless, the letter `T` stands for *Transient*, which means | 51 | ago. Being unable himself to contact the author, the writer, while in |
52 | that *Old Standard T*, should only stay as long as what it features is | 52 | need to have new letters included in \emph{Old Standard} and some |
53 | not included in *Old Standard*. | 53 | issues addressed, took the decision to make a new release \emph{Old |
54 | Standard}. | ||
55 | |||
54 | 56 | ||
55 | Documentation | 57 | Documentation |
56 | ------------- | 58 | ------------- |