X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/OldStandard/blobdiff_plain/1298c9e1c57b31c74062e26828cf956500f0ffc7..f4e637ef2c37dcfe92af866bcd758742cc52033d:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index da9413a..67b7d52 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ License Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Alexey Kryukov (), without Reserved Font Names. -Copyright (c) 2019, Robert Alessi (), +Copyright (c) 2019, 2020, Robert Alessi (), without Reserved Font Names. Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert Alessi: * email: - * website: - * development: - * comments, feature requests, bug reports: + * website: + * development: + * comments, feature requests, bug reports: This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, @@ -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 @@ -50,13 +55,21 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections: 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 *Old Standard* and some issues -addressed, took the decision to make a new release of *Old Standard*. +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 -here: +here: + +(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