some further corrections in the documentation

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ 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.

diff --git a/about.html b/about.html
index fc6c4a8829dab42b64768ec960526b85c5b156db..730873d7fd8c905976c339662f4b2adc9a035d5f 100644 (file)
--- a/about.html
+++ b/about.html
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 </ul>
 <p>This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL" class="uri">http://scripts.sil.org/OFL</a></p>
 <h2 id="history">History</h2>
 </ul>
 <p>This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL" class="uri">http://scripts.sil.org/OFL</a></p>
 <h2 id="history">History</h2>

-<p>This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful <em>Old Standard</em>.<a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a> In comparison to <em>Old Standard</em>, it includes new letters and some corrections:</p>
+<p>This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful <em>Old Standard</em>.<a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a> In comparison to the previous releases of <em>Old Standard</em>, it includes new letters and some corrections:</p>

 <ol style="list-style-type: decimal">
 <ol style="list-style-type: decimal">

-<li>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 <em>Old Standard</em>, were already in use a century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to <em>Old Standard</em>. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, current headings and in some books proper names.</li>
+<li>Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, which were missing from <em>Old Standard</em>, were already in use a century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to <em>Old Standard</em>. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, current headings and in some books proper names.</li>

 <li>The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (<code>U+01E6</code>, uppercase) and ǧ (<code>U+01E7</code>, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character missing from <em>Old Standard</em> that is needed in some of the accepted standards of romanization of classical Arabic.<a href="#fn2" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
 <li>Additionally, this release corrects the <code>+ss06</code> feature provided by <em>Old Standard</em>. This feature is supposed to distinguish between regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta (<code>U+03D0</code>) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases with the previous release of <em>Old Standard</em>. However, it failed if the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the <em>Greek extended</em> Unicode block.</li>
 </ol>
 <li>The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (<code>U+01E6</code>, uppercase) and ǧ (<code>U+01E7</code>, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character missing from <em>Old Standard</em> that is needed in some of the accepted standards of romanization of classical Arabic.<a href="#fn2" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
 <li>Additionally, this release corrects the <code>+ss06</code> feature provided by <em>Old Standard</em>. This feature is supposed to distinguish between regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta (<code>U+03D0</code>) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases with the previous release of <em>Old Standard</em>. However, it failed if the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the <em>Greek extended</em> Unicode block.</li>
 </ol>

diff --git a/oldstandard.tex b/oldstandard.tex
index 8c9a983c5da7dc1f9610ee462ec1daef6f4c4a69..7ec1d60e87f75036ca1f8b6a593a013ac48a7af8 100644 (file)
--- a/oldstandard.tex
+++ b/oldstandard.tex
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf}
   {\textsc{Old Standard}\\
     \Large
     A Unicode Font for Classical and Medieval Studies\\
   {\textsc{Old Standard}\\
     \Large
     A Unicode Font for Classical and Medieval Studies\\

-    \large Based on Alexey Kryukov's \emph{Old Standard}\\
+    \large Based on Alexey Kryukov's original \emph{Old Standard}\\

     \large v\pkgver -- \pkgdate}}
 
 \author{Robert Alessi \\
     \large v\pkgver -- \pkgdate}}
 
 \author{Robert Alessi \\


@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf}
 
 \begin{abstract}
   This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful \emph{Old
 
 \begin{abstract}
   This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful \emph{Old

-    Standard}. In comparison to \emph{Old Standard}, it includes new
-  letters and some corrections.
+    Standard}. In comparison to the previous releases of \emph{Old
+    Standard}, it includes new letters and some corrections.

 \end{abstract}
 
 \section{License}
 \end{abstract}
 
 \section{License}


@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ under the terms of the OFL license (see above,
 update dates back to Aug.\ 12, 2013. To be more precise, all of the
 five \enquote*{commits} the writer was able to see were pushed on the
 very same day. Since then, two \enquote*{pull requests} dating back to
 update dates back to Aug.\ 12, 2013. To be more precise, all of the
 five \enquote*{commits} the writer was able to see were pushed on the
 very same day. Since then, two \enquote*{pull requests} dating back to

-2017 have been remained unanswered. It is therefore to be feared that
-the project has been abandoned.  To date, this release of \emph{Old
+2017 remained unanswered. It is therefore to be feared that the
+project has been abandoned.  To date, this release of \emph{Old

   Standard} has been published by Nikola Lečić and Bob Tennent and is
 available on CTAN and {\TeX}Live with a style file.\footnote{See
   \url{https://ctan.org/pkg/oldstandard}}
   Standard} has been published by Nikola Lečić and Bob Tennent and is
 available on CTAN and {\TeX}Live with a style file.\footnote{See
   \url{https://ctan.org/pkg/oldstandard}}