replace open theta with closed theta in slot 03B8 and adjust rules ss05 and ss06...

[OldStandard] / README.md

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@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ License
 Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Alexey Kryukov (<amkryukov@gmail.com>),
 without Reserved Font Names.
 
 Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Alexey Kryukov (<amkryukov@gmail.com>),
 without Reserved Font Names.
 

-Copyright (c) 2019, Robert Alessi (<alessi@robertalessi.net>),
+Copyright (c) 2019-2020, Robert Alessi (<alessi@robertalessi.net>),

 without Reserved Font Names.
 
 Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert
 Alessi:
 
   * email: <alessi@roberalessi.net>
 without Reserved Font Names.
 
 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>
 
   * development: <http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard>
   * comments, feature requests, bug reports: <https://gitlab.com/ralessi/oldstandard/issues>
 


@@ -25,20 +25,25 @@ Version 1.1.  This license is available with a FAQ at:
 History
 -------
 This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old
 History
 -------
 This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old

-Standard*.[^1] In comparison to *Old Standard*, it includes new
-letters and some corrections:
+Standard*.[^1] In comparison to the previous releases of *Old
+Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections:

 
 1. Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three
    styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals,
 
 1. 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 *Old Standard*, were already in use a
+   which were missing from *Old Standard*, were already in use a

    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.
    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]
    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
    *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


@@ -49,15 +54,22 @@ 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
 ### 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*,
+while maintaining the hope that the author will one day resume the
+development of this typeface.

 
 

+### Reference web page (archived on Sept. 26, 2019)
+[http://thessalonica.org.ru/en/oldstandard.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20190926123235/http://thessalonica.org.ru/en/oldstandard.html)

 
 Documentation
 -------------
 Please refer to Alexey Kryukov's documentation which is can be found
 
 Documentation
 -------------
 Please refer to Alexey Kryukov's documentation which is can be found

-here: <http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/oldstandard/doc/oldstand-manual.pdf>
+here:
+<http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/oldstandard/doc/oldstand-manual.pdf>
+(CTAN) or here:
+[http://thessalonica.org.ru/en/fonts-download.html](https://web.archive.org/web/20190924110631/http://thessalonica.org.ru/en/fonts-download.html) (Alexey
+Kryukov's web page).

 
 [^1]: See <https://github.com/akryukov/oldstand>
 
 
 [^1]: See <https://github.com/akryukov/oldstand>