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The license, alongside information - specific to Gentium Plus, is in the release package. - -I would like to bundle Gentium Plus with my application - can I? - - This is our most common question. The SIL Open Font License allows - bundling with applications, even commercial closed source ones, with - some restrictions. See the OFL.txt file and the OFL-FAQ. - -Can I use the font on my web site? - - You can certainly create web pages that request that Gentium Plus be - used to display them (both if that font is already available on the - user's system or if it is delivered via @font-face). According to the - license, you are also 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, there is a simple URL for Gentium: http://scripts.sil.org/Gentium - There is further important discussion of webfont issues in the OFL-FAQ. - -Is Gentium Plus going to stay unrestricted and available at no cost? - - There is no intention to ever charge users for using Gentium and its - variants. The current version is licensed under a free/open license and - future versions will be similarly unencumbered. - - -Modification -============ - -I would like to modify Gentium Plus 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? - - If you have a special symbol that you need (say, for a particular - transcription system), the best means of doing so will be to ensure - that the symbol makes it into the Unicode Standard. It is impossible - for us to add every glyph that every person desires, but we do place - a high priority on adding pretty much anything that falls in certain - Unicode ranges (extended Latin, Greek, Cyrillic). You can send us your - requests, but please understand that we are unlikely to add symbols - where the user base is very small, unless they have been accepted - into Unicode. - -Can I send you work I've done to be incorporated into Gentium Plus? - - Yes. See the FONTLOG for information on becoming a contributor. - - -Technical -========= - -Can you help me get Gentium Plus 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@sil.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 Plus 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. See the README.txt file for more information. - -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 Plus 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 both OpenType and - Graphite. - -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? - - The smart diacritic positioning in Gentium Plus relies on either - OpenType or Graphite. The application you are using must support - one of these technologies in order to see appropriate diacritic - positioning. - -How do I type the Greek letters? - - You need a Unicode-compatible keyboarding system, which is not - included in the release. - -I'm having problems making PDFs -- why won't my document distill? - - Gentium Plus is a large font, with lots of glyphs. As a result, - some older printers, PDF distillers and readers can balk at PDFs - that have the complete font embedded. The easiest way to avoid - this is to have the PDF distiller subset the font. This is - generally a good idea anyway (with any font) and can reduce the - size of your files. - - -Plus -===== - -How are the Gentium Plus fonts different from Gentium? - - This font is based on the original Gentium design, but with an expanded - character and glyph repertoire. It currently comes with regular and - italic faces. It comes with near-complete support for Latin, Cyrillic - and Greek. It also contains 'smart font' support for OpenType and Graphite - technologies. This allows for correct diacritic placement over all base - characters, whether they are tall, short, wide, narrow, with or without - descenders. It also provides for a large variety of alternates glyphs. - These are described on the Gentium website. - -Why is the line spacing greater for the Plus fonts? - - In some environments, stacked diacritics in Gentium could display as - 'chopped-off'. Gentium Plus has slightly wider default line spacing - in order to avoid this problem. Most applications do, however, let you - set the line spacing explicitly, so you can have the lines spaced - precisely as you wish. - -Is there an Alt version of the Basic fonts? - - No, although you may notice that capitals and some tall lowercase - letters do use 'low-profile' versions. Gentium Plus also includes - OpenType and Graphite features to turn low-profile diacritics on - and off. - - -Future -====== - -What are your future plans for Gentium Plus? - - Our next major effort is completing bold and bold italic weights - of Gentium Plus alongside a new Gentium Book Plus family. These new - weights are currently available for Gentium Basic/Gentium Book Basic. - -Do you plan to include other typographic enhancements (old style -figures, etc.)? - - Those would be nice, wouldn't they? From a design point of view, - it would be great to have these refinements, and we haven't ruled - them out. But there are other needs that are much higher priority - (such as bold). If you think you could contribute some of your time - and effort to these enhancements, see the FONTLOG.txt file for - information on becoming a contributor. - -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, and is available from our web site. - -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. - -Will there be a Type 1 version? What about OpenType? - - Gentium Plus includes OpenType and Graphite support. We do not plan - to produce Type 1 versions at this time, but please write us if this - is important (and tell us why). We already provide the PostScript - bézier curves in the 'designsource' files in the developer release. |