in the end, do not include oldstandard.pdf

[OldStandard] / README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8d4406bcb8cf8d7ba5ec40c81724653c4a2e263..e7beb285dfcbfd3fec8aa78b8f86293dc7b5aecf 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert
 Alessi:
 
   * email: <alessi@roberalessi.net>
-  * website: <http://www.robertalessi.net/oldstandard>
+  * website: <http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard/about>
   * development: <http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard>
   * comments, feature requests, bug reports: <https://gitlab.com/ralessi/oldstandard/issues>
 
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections:
    century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to
    *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers,
    current headings and in some books proper names.
-2. The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (`U+01E6`, uppercase) and
+2. *For the time being*, a bold italic shape has been
+   auto-generated. Of course, auto-generating shapes is not a
+   satisfactory solution. However, it is better than using the font
+   loader to emulate bold shapes. A real bold italic shape is planned
+   in the versions of *Old Standard* to come.
+3. The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (`U+01E6`, uppercase) and
    ǧ (`U+01E7`, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character
    missing from *Old Standard* that is needed in some of the accepted
    standards of romanization of classical Arabic.[^2]
-3. Additionally, this release corrects the `+ss06` feature provided by
+4. Additionally, this release corrects the `+ss06` feature provided by
    *Old Standard*. This feature is supposed to distinguish between
    regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta
    (`U+03D0`) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases
@@ -49,9 +54,8 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections:
 ### Why a new release of *Old Standard*?
 At the time of writing, *Old Standard* was last updated six years
 ago. 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}.
+need to have new letters included in *Old Standard* and some issues
+addressed, took the decision to make a new release of *Old Standard*.
 
 
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