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-GENTIUM-FAQ
-Gentium Release 1.03
-========================
-
-Here are some answers to frequently asked questions about the Gentium fonts:
-
-
-General
-========
-
-How do you pronounce Gentium?
-
- The preferred pronunciation is with a soft G as in 'general', not a
- hard one as in 'gold': JEN-tee-oom.
-
-What is GentiumAlt?
-
- It is a version of the font with redesigned diacritics (flatter
- ones) to make it more suitable for use with stacking diacritics, and
- for languages such as Vietnamese. The Greek glyphs also use the
- Porsonic (single-curve) design for the circumflex. Since Gentium
- does not currently include any 'smart' rendering routines, there is
- no easy way to access these alternate diacritic shapes from within
- the regular Gentium font. The encoding of the fonts are the same, so
- the same text can be viewed with either one. There is also no
- problem with having both font families installed at the same time.
-
-
-Licensing
-=========
-
-How is this version of Gentium different from version 1.02?
-
- The only difference between version 1.02 and 1.03 is that Gentium is
- now released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. There has been no
- change to metrics, glyphs or behavior.
-
-I want to use Gentium in my publication - can I?
-
- Gentium is released under the SIL Open Font License, which permits use
- for any publication, whether electronic or printed. For more answers
- to use questions see the OFL-FAQ. The license, alongside information
- specific to Gentium, is in the release package.
-
-I would like to bundle Gentium with my application - can I?
-
- This is our most common question. The SIL Open Font License allows
- bundling with applications, even commercial ones, with some restrictions.
- See the OFL file.
-
-Can I use the font on my web site?
-
- You can certainly create web pages that request that Gentium be used to
- display them (if that font is available on the user's system). According
- to the license, you are even allowed to place the font on your site for
- people to download it. We would strongly recommend, however, that you
- direct users to our site to download the font. This ensures that they
- are always using the most recent version with bug fixes, etc. To make
- this easier, we've simplified the URL for Gentium:
- http://scripts.sil.org/gentium
-
-Is Gentium going to stay free?
-
- There is no intention to ever charge users for using Gentium. The
- current version is licensed under a free/open license and future
- versions will be similar.
-
-
-Modification
-============
-
-I would like to modify Gentium to add a couple of characters I need. Can I?
-
- Yes - that is allowed as long as you abide by the conditions of the
- SIL Open Font License.
-
-So will you add glyphs upon request?
-
- Gentium is no longer being updated. Gentium Plus has been significantly
- updated and if further glyphs are requested, they could be added to
- Gentium Plus.
-
-Can I send you work I've done to be incorporated into Gentium?
-
- We are willing to incorporate your work into Gentium Plus. See the
- Gentium Plus FONTLOG for information on becoming a contributor.
-
-
-Technical
-=========
-
-Can you help me get Gentium working on my system?
-
- We cannot afford to offer individual technical support. The best
- resource is this website, where we hope to offer some limited help.
- However, we do want to hear of any problems you encounter, so that
- we can add them to the list of bugs to fix in later releases.
-
- Our contact address is <gentium AT sil DOT org>. Please understand
- that we cannot guarantee a personal response.
-
-I can't find all the extended Latin letters in the font. How do I type them?
-
- Gentium is Unicode-encoded, which means that the computer stores a
- special, unique code for each letter in your document. Since most
- keyboards do not have hundreds of keys, special software is needed
- in order to type the hundreds of special characters supported by the
- font.
-
-I can't find the 'o with right hook' in the font. Where is it?
-
- Combinations of base letters with diacritics are often called
- composite, or pre-composed glyphs. Gentium has hundreds of these
- (the ones that are included in Unicode). There are, however, many
- common combinations that are not represented by a single composite.
- It is possible to enter these into a document, but only as
- individual components. So 'o with right hook' would be entered as
- 'o', then 'right hook'. Although this may not look very good in some
- cases, we're not able to anticipate every possible combination.
- Gentium Plus includes 'smart font' support for technologies such as
- OpenType and SIL's Graphite. This improves diacritic positioning.
-
-Some diacritics are not aligning well with base glyphs, and if I type more
-than one diacritic, they run into each other. Why is that?
-
- Gentium currently has no 'smart font' code for automatic diacritic
- positioning. You may wish to use Gentium Plus which does include
- 'smart font' support.
-
-How do I type the Greek letters?
-
- You need a Unicode-compatible keyboarding system, which is not
- included in the distribution package.
-
-I'm having problems making PDFs -- why won't my document distill?
-
- Gentium is a large font, with lots of glyphs. As a result, some
- printers can balk at PDFs that have the complete font embedded. The
- easiest way to avoid this is to have Acrobat/Distiller subset the
- font. This is generally a good idea anyway (with any font) and can
- reduce the size of your files.
-
-
-Future
-======
-
-Now that SIL International has taken over Gentium, who will be the next
-designer?
-
- Victor Gaultney will remain as primary designer, but other designers
- from the SIL Non-Roman Script Initiative have joined the project team,
- including Annie Olsen and Iska Routamaa. Other members of the NRSI team
- will also add their expertise in technical matters.
-
-Do you plan to include other typographic enhancements (small caps, old style
-figures, etc.)?
-
- Gentium Plus now has support for small caps. From a design point of view,
- it would be great to have other enhancements, and we haven't ruled them
- out. But there are other needs of much higher priority (such as Bold).
- If you think you could contribute some of your time and effort to these
- enhancements, see the Gentium Plus FONTLOG file for information on
- becoming a contributor.
-
-What about bold?
-
- Gentium Basic and Gentium Book Basic are now available in all four weights
- (Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold-Italic). The 'Basic' fonts only cover
- basic Latin glyphs. We are now working on completing these weights for
- Gentium Plus. Be patient, though, as Gentium has lots of glyphs!
-
-Sans-serif?
-
- There is a definite need for a sans-serif font that shares some of
- Gentium's strengths -- high readability, economy of space, etc. It
- would also be great if that font also harmonized well with Gentium.
- We don't currently have any plans for a companion face, although one
- of our other projects - Andika - may be useful. Andika is a sans-serif
- font designed specifically for use in literacy programs around the
- world. Andika Basic (Regular) is already available and a version of
- Andika with a more complete repertoire will be available in a few months.
-
-Will you be extending Gentium to cover other scripts, and Hebrew in
-particular?
-
- It is very unlikely that we would do this, as there are so many
- pressing needs in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts. But you could
- contribute to the project.
-
-When will Cyrillic be completed?
-
- Gentium Plus now has Cyrillic support.
-
-I need a couple of ancient Greek glyphs, such as the digamma. When will
-those be ready?
-
- These are now available in Gentium Plus.
-
-Will there be a Type 1 version? What about OpenType?
-
- Gentium Plus has OpenType and Graphite support. We do not plan to
- produce Type 1. Included in the developer package of Gentium Plus
- is a version in OT-CFF format, but it is provided as a source for
- glyph outlines, not as a user-installable font, and includes no
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