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diff --git a/fonts/junicode/doc/GettingStarted.tex b/fonts/junicode/doc/GettingStarted.tex index 6dfee0eb4d..ca984d3e34 100644 --- a/fonts/junicode/doc/GettingStarted.tex +++ b/fonts/junicode/doc/GettingStarted.tex @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ a font upgrade. To do this, press Shift-Alt-Control (on Windows) or Shift-Control-Option-Command (on the Mac) all together, \textit{immediately} after clicking to launch InDesign.} LibreOffice has supported variable fonts since version 7.5 (2023). {\LuaTeX} has excellent support -for variable fonts: make sure your TeX installation is up to date (since in +for variable fonts: make sure your {\TeX} installation is up to date (since in recent years support for variable fonts has improved with every release), and always choose “harf” mode in your font-selection code. For an example of font-selection code for a variable font, see the file @@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ Sketch, and CorelDRAW. The static version of Junicode has five weights and five widths, which are combined in many ways for a total of nineteen styles in -both roman and italic. It is not necessary to install all of these; in fact, +both roman and italic.\footnote{Several of the twenty-five possible combinations +(e.g. {\lightexp light expanded}) +have been omitted as unlikely to be useful; however, these can be accessed via the variable font.} +It is not necessary to install all of these; in fact, your life will be simplified (font menus easier to navigate) if you make a selection. You will probably want the traditional Regular, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic fonts, but you should survey the styles displayed in the Specimen @@ -118,8 +121,9 @@ enter bases and marks separately. To position a mark correctly over a base character, first enter the base, followed by the mark or marks. The sequence \textbf{m} + \textbf{◌ᷙ} (\unic{U+1DD9}) -will make \textbf{mᷙ}; \textbf{y} + \textbf{◌̄} (\unic{U+0304}) + \textbf{◌̆} (\unic{U+0306}) will make \textbf{ȳ̆}; -\textbf{e} + \textbf{◌̣} (\unic{U+0323}) + \textbf{◌ᷠ} (\unic{U+1DE0}) will make \textbf{ẹᷠ}. +will make \textex{mᷙ}; +\mbox{\textbf{y} + \textbf{◌̄}} (\unic{U+0304}) + \textbf{◌̆} (\unic{U+0306}) will make \textex{ȳ̆}; +\textbf{e} + \textbf{◌̣} (\unic{U+0323}) + \textbf{◌ᷠ} (\unic{U+1DE0}) will make \textex{ẹᷠ}. More than sixteen hundred characters in Junicode can only be accessed via OpenType features—that is, by way of the programming built into the font—and many others \textit{should} be |