X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/OldStandard/blobdiff_plain/a1ac1f9aa814caf2209bec83094286b184f05e84..7ea8d7e35942c59d2f39adeabe973db792f0db5e:/README.md?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d8d4406..36c1293 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert Alessi: * email: - * website: + * website: * development: * comments, feature requests, bug reports: @@ -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 @@ -49,15 +54,22 @@ 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*, +while maintaining the hope that the author will one day resume the +development of this typeface. +### Reference web page + Documentation ------------- Please refer to Alexey Kryukov's documentation which is can be found -here: +here: + +(CTAN) or here: + (Alexey +Kryukov's web page). [^1]: See