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+======================================================================
+
+ FPL Fonts -- SC/OsF for URW Palladio L
+
+======================================================================
+ 2018-12-11
+ Ralf Stubner
+ <ralf.stubner@web.de>
+
+The FPL Fonts consist of the following four fonts:
+
+fplrc8a.pfb TeXPalladioL-SC
+fplrij8a.pfb TeXPalladioL-ItalicOsF
+fplbj8a.pfb TeXPalladioL-BoldOsF
+fplbij8a.pfb TeXPalladioL-BoldItalicOsF
+
+The FPL Fonts provide a set of SC/OsF fonts for URW Palladio L which are
+compatible with respect to metrics with the Palatino SC/OsF fonts from
+Adobe. Note that it is not my aim to exactly reproduce the outlines of
+the original Adobe fonts. The SC and OsF in the FPL Fonts were designed
+with the glyphs from URW Palladio L as starting point. For some glyphs
+(eg 'o') I got the best result by scaling and boldening. For others (eg
+'h') shifting selected portions of the character gave more satisfying
+results. All this was done using the free font editor FontForge
+<URL:https://fontforge.github.io/>. The kerning data in these fonts comes
+from Walter Schmidt's improved Palatino metrics. Please report any issues
+at <URL:https://github.com/rstub/fpl/issues>.
+
+
+History
+-------
+
+Version 1.003 2018-12-11
+ * Regenerate the fonts with current FontForge resolving
+ PDF/A compatibility problem.
+ * Use the same dual licensing as the original URW fonts, c.f.
+ <URL:http://www.tug.org/fonts/lppl-urw.txt>
+
+Version 1.002 2005-02-13
+ * no div operator (compatibility problems)
+
+Version 1.001 2005-02-05
+ * fixed lcaron in SC font
+ * no references (compatibility problems)
+ * no UniqueID
+ * OtherSubrs from URW fonts
+
+Version 1.000 2004-08-02
+ First official release
+
+
+Deficiencies
+------------
+
+On the character level only automatic hinting as done by FontForge has
+been applied to the SC and OsF glyphs.
+
+
+Usage with LaTeX
+----------------
+
+As the FPL Fonts have the same metrics as their Adobe counterparts, the
+improved Palatino metrics by Walter Schmidt can be used. They are part
+of PSNFSS 9.2, which can be found on CTAN:macros/latex/required/psnfss/.
+Therefore, it is best to update your TeX distribution to a version which
+provides PSNFSS 9.2. The usage with LaTeX is documented in psnfss2e.pdf.
+Please follow the installation instruction from PSNFSS, if you want to
+upgrade PSNFSS only.
+
+
+License
+-------
+
+Copyright (URW)++,Copyright 1999 by (URW)++ Design & Development
+Copyright 2004, 2005 Ralf Stubner
+
+See the file COPYING (GNU General Public License) for license
+conditions. As a special exception, permission is granted to include
+this font program in a Postscript or PDF file that consists of a
+document that contains text to be displayed or printed using this font,
+regardless of the conditions or license applying to the document itself.
+
+Alternativley you can use these fonts subject to the LaTeX Project Public
+License <URL:http://www.latex-project.org/lppl>, either version 1 or (at
+your option) any later version.
+
+== The End ==