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@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ 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*, it includes new | 28 | Standard*.[^1] In comparison to the previous releases of *Old |
29 | letters and some corrections: | 29 | Standard*, it includes new 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, |
33 | which are missing from *Old Standard*, were already in use a | 33 | which were missing from *Old Standard*, were already in use a |
34 | century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to | 34 | century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to |
35 | *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, | 35 | *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, |
36 | current headings and in some books proper names. | 36 | current headings and in some books proper names. |
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ | |||
11 | </ul> | 11 | </ul> |
12 | <p>This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL" class="uri">http://scripts.sil.org/OFL</a></p> | 12 | <p>This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL" class="uri">http://scripts.sil.org/OFL</a></p> |
13 | <h2 id="history">History</h2> | 13 | <h2 id="history">History</h2> |
14 | <p>This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful <em>Old Standard</em>.<a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a> In comparison to <em>Old Standard</em>, it includes new letters and some corrections:</p> | 14 | <p>This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful <em>Old Standard</em>.<a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a> In comparison to the previous releases of <em>Old Standard</em>, it includes new letters and some corrections:</p> |
15 | <ol style="list-style-type: decimal"> | 15 | <ol style="list-style-type: decimal"> |
16 | <li>Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, which are missing from <em>Old Standard</em>, were already in use a century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to <em>Old Standard</em>. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, current headings and in some books proper names.</li> | 16 | <li>Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, which were missing from <em>Old Standard</em>, were already in use a century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to <em>Old Standard</em>. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, current headings and in some books proper names.</li> |
17 | <li>The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (<code>U+01E6</code>, uppercase) and ǧ (<code>U+01E7</code>, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character missing from <em>Old Standard</em> that is needed in some of the accepted standards of romanization of classical Arabic.<a href="#fn2" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> | 17 | <li>The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (<code>U+01E6</code>, uppercase) and ǧ (<code>U+01E7</code>, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character missing from <em>Old Standard</em> that is needed in some of the accepted standards of romanization of classical Arabic.<a href="#fn2" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> |
18 | <li>Additionally, this release corrects the <code>+ss06</code> feature provided by <em>Old Standard</em>. This feature is supposed to distinguish between regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta (<code>U+03D0</code>) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases with the previous release of <em>Old Standard</em>. However, it failed if the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the <em>Greek extended</em> Unicode block.</li> | 18 | <li>Additionally, this release corrects the <code>+ss06</code> feature provided by <em>Old Standard</em>. This feature is supposed to distinguish between regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta (<code>U+03D0</code>) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases with the previous release of <em>Old Standard</em>. However, it failed if the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the <em>Greek extended</em> Unicode block.</li> |
19 | </ol> | 19 | </ol> |
diff --git a/oldstandard.tex b/oldstandard.tex index 8c9a983..7ec1d60 100644 --- a/oldstandard.tex +++ b/oldstandard.tex | |||
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf} | |||
100 | {\textsc{Old Standard}\\ | 100 | {\textsc{Old Standard}\\ |
101 | \Large | 101 | \Large |
102 | A Unicode Font for Classical and Medieval Studies\\ | 102 | A Unicode Font for Classical and Medieval Studies\\ |
103 | \large Based on Alexey Kryukov's \emph{Old Standard}\\ | 103 | \large Based on Alexey Kryukov's original \emph{Old Standard}\\ |
104 | \large v\pkgver -- \pkgdate}} | 104 | \large v\pkgver -- \pkgdate}} |
105 | 105 | ||
106 | \author{Robert Alessi \\ | 106 | \author{Robert Alessi \\ |
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf} | |||
116 | 116 | ||
117 | \begin{abstract} | 117 | \begin{abstract} |
118 | This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful \emph{Old | 118 | This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful \emph{Old |
119 | Standard}. In comparison to \emph{Old Standard}, it includes new | 119 | Standard}. In comparison to the previous releases of \emph{Old |
120 | letters and some corrections. | 120 | Standard}, it includes new letters and some corrections. |
121 | \end{abstract} | 121 | \end{abstract} |
122 | 122 | ||
123 | \section{License} | 123 | \section{License} |
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ under the terms of the OFL license (see above, | |||
157 | update dates back to Aug.\ 12, 2013. To be more precise, all of the | 157 | update dates back to Aug.\ 12, 2013. To be more precise, all of the |
158 | five \enquote*{commits} the writer was able to see were pushed on the | 158 | five \enquote*{commits} the writer was able to see were pushed on the |
159 | very same day. Since then, two \enquote*{pull requests} dating back to | 159 | very same day. Since then, two \enquote*{pull requests} dating back to |
160 | 2017 have been remained unanswered. It is therefore to be feared that | 160 | 2017 remained unanswered. It is therefore to be feared that the |
161 | the project has been abandoned. To date, this release of \emph{Old | 161 | project has been abandoned. To date, this release of \emph{Old |
162 | Standard} has been published by Nikola Lečić and Bob Tennent and is | 162 | Standard} has been published by Nikola Lečić and Bob Tennent and is |
163 | available on CTAN and {\TeX}Live with a style file.\footnote{See | 163 | available on CTAN and {\TeX}Live with a style file.\footnote{See |
164 | \url{https://ctan.org/pkg/oldstandard}} | 164 | \url{https://ctan.org/pkg/oldstandard}} |