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diff --git a/fonts/malvern/0news.txt b/fonts/malvern/0news.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..23ff7bce82 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/malvern/0news.txt @@ -0,0 +1,174 @@ +0news.txt -- changes to Malvern between releases -- -*-text-*- + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +RELEASE 1.2 -- CHANGES SINCE MALVERN 1.1 + +All file names are now compatible with MS-DOS/ISO 9960 + + All files have names fitting in the 8+3 straightjacket required + by stupid MS-DOS and ISO 9960 filesystems. I was about 12 or 13 + when I worked out for myself that trying to identify data with + eight-capital-letter names was a dumb idea; too bad ISO didn't + consult me. + + One side effect is that the capital-letter file names + traditional on UNIX systems for important installation files + (README, INSTALL, COPYING, NEWS) have been changed to + 00readme.txt, 0install.txt, 0copying.txt, 0news.txt for the sake + of MS-DOS and VMS sufferers. + +Abandoned standard font names + + As of October 1994, the font names standard does not allow more + than two variant letters without breaking the eight-character + limit for MS-DOS and ISO 9960 file names. Variants includes + encodings and things like whether the font is slanted. As an + extreme example, Malvern 58 with the caps-&-small-caps, + old-style-numerals variation on the OT1 encoding is + fmvr9ci7tc12! My best temporary solution to this situation is + to abandon "fmv" names altogether and extend the "ma" names to + include the encoding schemes needed by plain TeX, plain LaTeX + and LaTeX 2e. Therefore, *all* Malvern fonts now have names + starting with "ma". + +Standardized encoding scheme numbers + + Now I have been forced toi come up with a set of 2-letter + encoding codes for every encoding under the sun, I use + encoding=19 for TeX Text instead of 0. + +pdc 1994.10.11 +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +RELEASE 1.1 -- CHANGES SINCE MALVERN 1.0.02 + + +Better documentation + + A lot of the excess verbiage is irrelevant and has been enclosed + in \iflong...\fi. At the same time the sections on installation + and such have been rewritten or expanded. There is a separate + installation guide (install.dvi) which uses no nonstandard + fonts. + +Support for LaTeX 2.09 and LaTeX 2e + + I have included style options that should work with LaTeX 2.09 + (either with or without NFSS), as well as LaTeX-2e FD files. + The 2e file includes support for small capitals (but not italic + small capitals, because NFSS 2 has no way to refer to them). + All of these are generated by the same script that generates the + fonts, so they should match the supplied fonts. + +Macro file changed from "malvern.tex" to "maamac.tex" + + The name "maamac" is more "standard" in that it ends with "mac" + (as many plain TeX macro files do) and starts with "maa" (as + most Malvern-A-related files do). It leaves open the + possibility of a "magmac.tex" file for Malvern G, and so on. + +Macro files used in documentation renamed + + The macro files I used to format plain-TeX documents have been + renamed so that they all start with "pdc" and are valid ISO-9960 + names. + +Files for fontinst + + There are ETX and MTX files included for making T1-encoded fonts + from. + +Driver files, TFM and VF files included + + A set of driver (.mf) files and TFM and VF files have been + included, generated using "mff" and Alan Jeffrey's fontinst + package. These come in three main groups: + + (1) OT1 (the encoding shown in App.F of the TeXbook) and T1 + (Cork) fonts, all with names starting in "fmv" (such as + fmvmq12, fmvm9r12); + (2) Malvern-encoded fonts, used to make the T1 fonts and + those of the OT1 fonts that include small caps, with + names starting with "ma" (such as ma55a12); and + (3) some other Malvern-encoded fonts included as examples + (such as ma55g11). + + All of the fonts in group (1) are composite fonts (VFs), except + for the OT1 fonts without small caps. It follows that systems + without the ability to use VFs will not be able to use T1 fonts. + +Cyrillic letters + + The Cyrillic alphabet is still very incomplete, and some of the + glyph designs need revision. + +Composites-only font in limbo + + The previous release had a half-baked composite-letters-only + encoding, Malvern C. This letter has now been used for Cyrillic + instead, and eventually Malvern E will be some sort of + composite-letter font. Since the Fontinst package makes + pre-built composites largely redundant, I don't expect this font + to be used for anything much unless I come up with new ideas on + designing composite letters. + +Encodings schemes + + Only uses Malvern encodings + + The Malvern programs no longer make any attempt to support any + font encodings other than Malvern A, B, ... and the CMR encoding + described in the TeXbook (now called OT1). This is because (a) + trying to support Cork & other encoding vectors was getting to + be a great pain even without including support for + caps-and-small-caps variants and (b) all this can be better done + using Alan Jeffrey's fontinst package. + + Changes to some Malvern encodings + + Malvern B no longer includes Greek or Cyrillic letters -- these + have their own encodings, Malvern G and C. Malvern B contains a + selection of symbols etc. and includes the glyphs needed to make + Cork, Adobe and ISO-8859-1 fonts. + +Replaced and mended glyph programs + + Letters A and E with Ogonek redesigned + + The new designs for "A" and "a" have the ogonek mark drawn as a + continuation of the last stroke of the letter. I don't know if + this is more "authentic" or not... + + Figures don't turn absurd then compressed or expanded. + + Curves have more intermediate points, and the ones with circular + rings (8, 6, 9) behave more intelligently when there isn't + enough space to use circular circles. + + Curves generally made more robust + + Many curves used to turn angular when compressed; most such + curves now use a macro that draws them as a quarter-superelipse. + +pdc 1994.07.29 + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +RELEASE 1.0, PATCH 02 -- CHANGES SINCE MALVERN 1.0.01 + +Added a new encoding G (Greek) + + Designed lower case Greek letters and composite letters, and + made a new Malvern encoding G. This uses similar ligature + conventions to GreekTeX to generate fully marked up Greek text + using ligatures like a| for alpha with iota subscript and <'h + for eta-lenis-acute. + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +RELEASE 1.0, PATCH 01 -- CHANGES SINCE MALVERN 1.0 + + +Fixed the letter L + + The width was wrong. + |