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@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
This is the README for the librecaslon package, version
-2019-10-26.
+2020-07-24.
-This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
-support for the Libre Caslon family of fonts, designed by
-Pablo Impallari.
+This package provides the Libre Caslon family of fonts,
+designed by Pablo Impallari for use with xeLaTeX or
+luaLaTeX.
To install this package on a TDS-compliant
TeX system download the file
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ TeX system download the file
preferred URL for "tex-archive" is http://mirror.ctan.org.
Unzip the archive at the root of an appropriate texmf tree,
likely a personal or local tree. If necessary, update the
-file-name database (e.g., texhash). Update the font-map
-files by enabling the Map file LibreCaslon.map.
+file-name database (e.g., texhash).
To use, add
@@ -20,12 +19,7 @@ To use, add
to the preamble of your document. This will activate Libre
Caslon Text as the main (serifed) text font. A bold italic
-variant of Libre Caslon is not currently available; as a
-stopgap, an artificially slanted version has been generated
-and treated as if it were italic.
-
-LuaLaTeX and xeLaTeX users who might prefer type1 fonts or who wish to
-avoid fontspec may use the type1 option.
+variant of Libre Caslon is not currently available.
Options scaled=<number> or scale=<number> may be used to scale the
fonts.
@@ -34,8 +28,6 @@ The default figure style is proportional lining but options
osf (or oldstyle) and tf (or tabular) allow for use of
oldstyle and lining tabular figures, respectively.
-Font encodings supported are OT1, T1, LY1 and TS1.
-
Macro \librecaslon selects the Libre Caslon Text family.
Macros \librecaslonLF, \librecaslonOsF and \librecaslonTLF
allow for local use of lining, oldstyle or tabular figures,
@@ -45,13 +37,12 @@ respectively. Command \useosf switches the default figure
style to old-style figures; this is primarily for use after
calling a math package with lining figures as the default.
-The original fonts (version 1.002) were obtained from
+The fonts (version 1.002) were obtained from
https://github.com/impallari/Libre-Caslon-Text
and are licensed under the SIL Open Font License (version
-1.1); the text may be found in the doc directory. The type1
-versions were generated by cfftot1. The support files were
-created using autoinst and are licensed under the terms of
-the LaTeX Project Public License. The maintainer of this
-package is Bob Tennent (rdt at cs.queensu.ca)
+1.1); the text may be found in the doc directory. The rest
+of the package is licensed under the terms of the LaTeX
+Project Public License. The maintainer of this package is
+Bob Tennent (rdt at cs.queensu.ca)