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@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections: | |||
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. |
37 | 2. The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (`U+01E6`, uppercase) and | 37 | 2. *For the time being*, a bold italic shape has been |
38 | auto-generated. Of course, auto-generating shapes is not a | ||
39 | satisfactory solution. However, it is better than using the font | ||
40 | loader to emulate bold shapes. A real bold italic shape is planned | ||
41 | in the versions of *Old Standard* to come. | ||
42 | 3. The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (`U+01E6`, uppercase) and | ||
38 | ǧ (`U+01E7`, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character | 43 | 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 | 44 | missing from *Old Standard* that is needed in some of the accepted |
40 | standards of romanization of classical Arabic.[^2] | 45 | standards of romanization of classical Arabic.[^2] |
41 | 3. Additionally, this release corrects the `+ss06` feature provided by | 46 | 4. Additionally, this release corrects the `+ss06` feature provided by |
42 | *Old Standard*. This feature is supposed to distinguish between | 47 | *Old Standard*. This feature is supposed to distinguish between |
43 | regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta | 48 | regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta |
44 | (`U+03D0`) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases | 49 | (`U+03D0`) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases |