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New Computer Modern Fonts
- (Package version 1.1, GustFLv1 or later)
+ (Package version 2.0, GustFLv1 or later)
Antonis Tsolomitis
Samos, Greece, 2019--2020
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ given to the completeness in language support to the 10pt-size,
as the view is to have a font that works by default with
a broad set of languages.
-They differ from Latin Modern in that they contain Greek and Cyrillic.
+They differ from Latin Modern in that they contain Greek, Cyrillic,
+Hebrew and Cherokee.
They differ from cm-unicode in that the latin part is more extended,
the are adjusted to work easier for users of the Greek language
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ to cm font for Hebrew exists but I do not have any information more
than that.
As far as the NewCMMath font is concerned, this is a derivative of
-lm-math with BoldSans glyphs improved and MathSansGreek is included
+lm-math with a huge amount of improvements and new glyphs.
+Currently the font should at least match STIX fonts in glyph coverage.
+
+Moreover, BoldSans glyphs improved and MathSansGreek is included
and accessible with commands such as \msansAlpha or \mitsansAlpha,
although unicode does not include them in theri standard. As of
version 1.1 it also contains a great amount of more glyphs than lm-math.
@@ -89,6 +93,21 @@ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S (U+1E9E)---thanks to Karl Barry.
Finally thanks go to Robert Alessi for providing the fontspec files
included in this release.
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+Version 2.0 adds hundrends of new glyphs in the Math font matching at
+least STIX fonts in glyph coverage.
+
+The Serif fonts now support Hebrew and Cherokee.
+
+Finally, a long awaited feature, a Book weight for ComputerModern is added
+(math included). This is now the default option of the fontsetup package.
+It produces slightly heavier output suitable for book production with
+high resolution printing.
+
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+
Antonis Tsolomitis
Professor
University of the Aegean