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-This is the README for the merriweather package, version 2020-07-24.
+This is the README for the merriweather package, version 2020-07-30.
-This package provides the Merriweather and MerriweatherSans
-families of fonts, designed by Eben Sorkin, for use with
-luaLaTeX and xeLaTeX.
+This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support for
+the Merriweather and MerriweatherSans families of fonts, designed by
+Eben Sorkin.
Merriweather features a very large x height, slightly condensed
letterforms, a mild diagonal stress, sturdy serifs and open forms.
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ file "tex-archive"/install/fonts/merriweather.tds.zip, where the
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).
+(e.g., texhash). Update the font-map files by enabling the Map file
+merriweather.map.
To use, add
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ Options light, rmlight, sflight, black, rmblack, and sfblack choose
the light or heavy weights instead of the regular and bold weights,
respectively, for both or single families.
+LuaLaTeX and xeLaTeX users who might prefer type1 fonts or who wish
+to avoid fontspec may use the type1 option.
+
Options scaled=<number> or scale=<number> may be used to scale the
MerriweatherSans fonts; the serifed variants are not affected.
@@ -49,11 +53,15 @@ and MerriweatherSans families, respectively. Commands \merriweatherlight,
\merriweatherblack, \merriweathersanslight, and \merriweathersansblack
allow for localized use of light or black variants.
-The only figure style supported is proportional semi-oldstyle.
+The only figure style supported is proportional semi-oldstyle. Font
+encodings supported are OT1, T1, LY1 and TS1.
-The fonts are available at http://www.google.com/webfonts
-and are licensed under the SIL Open Font License, (version
-1.1); the text may be found in the doc directory. The rest
-of the package is licensed under the terms of the LaTeX
+The original fonts are available at
+http://www.google.com/webfonts 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 created using
+fontforge and re-named in compliance with the Reserved
+Font Name provision. 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)