updated README and documentation

[OldStandard] / oldstandard.tex

diff --git a/oldstandard.tex b/oldstandard.tex
index 52821c183967a30bde010998a13aa2b7ac402c06..9fe016316e47a605521d6249de0fd016583f0bd6 100644 (file)
--- a/oldstandard.tex
+++ b/oldstandard.tex
@@ -31,19 +31,6 @@
 \usepackage[greek.ancient,english]{babel}
 \babeltags{grc = greek}
 
-% uncomment for testing:
-% \babelfont{rm}[Path = otf/,
-% ItalicFont={OldStandard-Italic.otf},
-% BoldFont={OldStandard-Bold.otf},
-% BoldItalicFont={OldStandard-BoldItalic.otf}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf}
-
-% \babelfont[greek]{rm}[Path = otf/,
-% RawFeature={+ss05;+ss06},
-% ItalicFont={OldStandard-Italic.otf},
-% BoldFont={OldStandard-Bold.otf},
-% BoldItalicFont={OldStandard-BoldItalic.otf}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf}
-
-% use the following two lines once Old Standard is installed:
 \babelfont{rm}{Old Standard}
 \babelfont[greek]{rm}[RawFeature={+ss05;+ss06}]{Old Standard}
 
@@ -137,7 +124,7 @@ Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert
 Alessi:
 \begin{itemize}
 \item email: \mailto[oldstandard package]{alessi@roberalessi.net}
-\item website: \url{http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard/about.html}
+\item website: \url{http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard/about}
 \item development: \url{http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard}
 \item comments, feature requests, bug reports:
 \url{https://gitlab.com/ralessi/oldstandard/issues}
@@ -147,6 +134,23 @@ This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License,
 Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at:
 \url{http://scripts.sil.org/OFL}
 
+\section{Documentation}
+\label{sec:documentation}
+No documentation is associated with this release of \emph{Old
+  Standard} as every item of the original extensive documentation
+applies. The reader should refer to the documentation edited for CTAN
+by Bob Tennent:\icite{oldstandard}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item
+  \href{http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/oldstandard/doc/oldstand-manual.pdf}%
+  {Original manual (online version)}
+\item \href{oldstand-manual.pdf}{Original manual (local version
+    included in {\TeX}Live)}
+\end{itemize}
+
+\emph{Old Standard} also has its reference web page:
+\url{http://thessalonica.org.ru/en/oldstandard.html}
+
 \section{History}
 \label{sec:history}
 \emph{Old Standard} is a remarkable creation of Alexey Kryukov,
@@ -168,7 +172,9 @@ available on CTAN and {\TeX}Live with a style file.\footnote{See
 
 Being unable himself to contact the author, the writer, while in need
 to have new letters included in \emph{Old Standard} and some issues
-addressed, took the decision to make a new release \emph{Old Standard}.
+addressed, took the decision to make a new release \emph{Old
+  Standard}, while maintaining the hope that the author will one day
+resume the development of this typeface.
 
 \paragraph{Important disclaimer}
 The writer is very far from being able to design glyphs \emph{ex
@@ -176,12 +182,6 @@ The writer is very far from being able to design glyphs \emph{ex
 FontForge, and, as a classicist, he is able to scrutinize how features
 operate and if they operate as expected.
 
-\section{Documentation}
-\label{sec:documentation}
-No documentation is associated with this release of \emph{Old
-  Standard} as every item of the original extensive documentation
-applies. The reader should refer to it.\icite{oldstandard}
-
 \section{Additions and corrections provided}
 \label{sec:addit-corr-prov}
 This release of \emph{Old Standard} includes new letters and some
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ example that follows:---
       ΤΜΗΜΑ ΠΡΩΤΟΝ.
     \end{center}
     
-    \textbf{1.} Ἄνθρακες θερινοὶ ἐν Κραννῶνι· ὗεν ἐν καύμασιν ὕδατι
+    \textbf{1.} ῎Ανθρακες θερινοὶ ἐν Κραννῶνι· ὗεν ἐν καύμασιν ὕδατι
     λάβρῳ δι’ ὅλου καὶ ἐγίνετο μᾶλλον νότῳ, [καὶ] ὑπογίνονται μὲν ἐν
     τῷ δέρματι ἰχῶρες· ἐγκαταλαμβανόμενοι δέ, θερμαίνονται, καὶ
     κνησμὸν ἐμποιέουσιν· εἶτα φλυκταινίδες ὥσπερ πυρίκαυστοι
@@ -350,12 +350,9 @@ this document to be compiled with \LuaLaTeX:---
   \usepackage[greek.ancient,english]{babel}
   \babeltags{grc = greek}
   
-  \babelfont{rm}[BoldItalicFont={Old Standard Italic},
-  BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{Old Standard}
+  \babelfont{rm}{Old Standard}
   
-  \babelfont[greek]{rm}[RawFeature={+ss05;+ss06},
-  BoldItalicFont={Old Standard Italic},
-  BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{Old Standard}
+  \babelfont[greek]{rm}[RawFeature={+ss05;+ss06}]{Old Standard}
 \end{code}
 
 Then, once \emph{Old Standard} has been loaded with \cs{babelfont}