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@@ -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