X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/OldStandard/blobdiff_plain/aa5b60e7f6d56f244dc7297d0daf4f5ccb6d17e8..cae3b04aeb28ddfdf448e6e32bb5ad1bc9f3f0de:/README.md?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 47a8f82..e7beb28 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: @@ -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 -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, - 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. -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 @@ 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*. Documentation