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Gentium also supports both -ancient and modern Greek, including a number of alternate forms. It has won -a "Certificate of Excellence in Typeface Design" in two major international -typeface design competitions: bukva:raz! (2001) and TDC2003 (2003). - -Gentium provides glyphs for a wide range of Latin and Greek characters. -It currently supports the following ranges of Unicode 3.0 (completely unless -noted): - -Range Description ---------------------------- -U+0020-U+007F Basic Latin -U+00A0-U+00FF Latin-1 Supplement -U+0100-U+017F Latin Extended-A -U+0180-U+021F Latin Extended-B -U+0222-U+0233 Latin Extended-B (continued) -U+0250-U+02AD IPA Extensions -U+02B0-U+02FF Spacing Modifier Letters -U+0300-U+036F Combining Diacritical Marks -U+0370-U+03D5 Greek (not including archaic or Coptic) -U+1E00-U+1EFF Latin Extended Additional -U+1F00-U+1FFF Greek Extended -U+2000-U+203A General Punctuation (partial) -U+2070-U+209F Superscripts and Subscripts -U+20A0-U+20CF Currency Symbols (partial) -U+2100-U+214F Letterlike Symbols (only a couple) - -Gentium Regular also includes some Cyrillic glyphs, but they are only early -drafts. A future version will include a completely revised set, and will -expand the support for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic to cover Unicode 4.1. It -will also include support for OpenType and Graphite smart font -technologies. - -Gentium is released under the SIL Open Font License. -Gentium is a trademark of SIL International. - -See the OFL and OFL-FAQ for details of the SIL Open Font License. -See the FONTLOG for information on this and previous releases. -See the QUOTES file to read the feedback received from Gentium users. -See the GENTIUM-FAQ file for frequently asked questions and their answers - (such as why there are two families of fonts included). - - -TIPS -==== - -We cannot afford to offer technical support at no cost. The font has, however, -been through some testing on various platforms to be sure it works in most -situations. In particular, it has been tested and shown to work on Windows -2000, Windows XP and Ubuntu. - -If you do find a problem, please do report it to <gentium AT sil DOT org>. -We can't guarantee any direct response, but will try to fix reported bugs in -future versions. Make sure you read through the Gentium FAQ. - -Many problems can be solved, or at least explained, through an understanding -of the encoding and use of the fonts. Here are some basic hints: - -Encoding: -The fonts are encoded according to Unicode, so your application must support -Unicode text in order to access letters other than the standard alphabet. -Most Windows applications provide basic Unicode support. You will, however, -need some way of entering Unicode text into your document. - -Keyboarding: -Gentium does not include any keyboarding helps or utilities. It uses the -built-in keyboards of the operating system. You will need to install the -appropriate keyboard and input method for the characters of the language you -wish to use. If you want to enter characters that are not supported by any -system keyboard, depending on your platform Keyman (www.tavultesoft.com), KMFL -(kmfl.sf.net), XKB (http://www.x.org/wiki/XKB) or Ukelele -(scripts.sil.org/ukelele) can be helpful. - -Another method of entering some symbols is provided by a few applications -as Adobe InDesign, LibreOffice or gucharmap. They can display a glyph palette -that shows all the glyphs (symbols) in a font and allow you to enter them by -clicking on the glyph you want. - -Rendering: -Gentium also currently lacks any special font programming that can -substitute one glyph for another or position glyphs in a 'smart' way, such -as in OpenType, Apple Advanced Typography or SIL's Graphite. For example, -although Gentium includes an 'ffl' ligature, there are no special routines -in the font that will automatically substitute 'f'+'f'+'l' with 'ffl', but -an individual application might provide that feature. - - -INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION -============================== - -For installation tips - including using packages (installers) - please refer -to the documentation on http://scripts.sil.org/DecompressUtil - -CONTACT -======== -For more information please visit the Gentium page on SIL International's -Computers and Writing systems website: -http://scripts.sil.org/gentium - -Or send an email to <gentium AT sil DOT org> - |