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+++ b/fonts/oldstandard/doc/oldstandard.tex
@@ -31,14 +31,15 @@
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
+\usepackage{microtype}
+\usepackage[default]{fontsetup}
\usepackage[greek.ancient,english]{babel}
\babeltags{grc = greek}
-\babelfont{rm}{Old Standard}
-\babelfont[greek]{rm}[RawFeature={+ss05;+ss06}]{Old Standard}
-\babelfont{sf}{NewComputerModern Sans}
-\babelfont{tt}{NewComputerModern Mono}
+\babelfont{rm}[RawFeature=onum]{Old Standard}
+\babelfont[greek]{rm}[RawFeature={onum;ss06}]{Old Standard}
+\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\newlength\defaultparindent
\setlength\defaultparindent{\parindent}
\usepackage{dtxdescribe}
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
\hypersetup{unicode=true, linktocpage=true, colorlinks,
allcolors=cinnamon, pdfauthor={Robert Alessi}, pdftitle={Old
Standard}}
+\usepackage{xurl}
\usepackage{uri}
\usepackage{enumitem}
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@
\usepackage[toc]{multitoc}
-\edef\pkgver{2.6}
-\edef\pkgdate{2020/12/18}
+\edef\pkgver{2.7}
+\edef\pkgdate{2023/12/15}
\title{\mdseries\tcbox[colframe=black, enhanced, tikznode, drop
lifted shadow, colback=white, boxrule=.25mm]%
{\textsc{Old Standard}\\
@@ -96,9 +98,19 @@
\large Based on Alexey Kryukov's original \emph{Old Standard}\\
\large v\pkgver -- \pkgdate}}
-\author{Robert Alessi \\
-\href{mailto:alessi@robertalessi.net?Subject=OldStandard package}%
-{\texttt{alessi@robertalessi.net}}}
+% \author{Robert Alessi \and Antonis Tsolomitis\\
+% \href{mailto:alessi@robertalessi.net?Subject=OldStandard package}%
+% {\texttt{alessi@robertalessi.net}}}
+\author{
+ \begin{tabular}{cc}
+ Robert Alessi & Antonis Tsolomitis\\
+ \href{mailto:alessi@robertalessi.net?Subject=OldStandard package}%
+ {\texttt{alessi@robertalessi.net}}
+ &
+ \href{mailto:atsol@aegean.gr?Subject=OldStandard package}%
+ {\texttt{atsol@aegean.gr}}
+ \end{tabular}
+}
\date{}
\begin{document}
@@ -115,28 +127,46 @@
\section{License}
\label{sec:license}
+\subsection{Old Standard}
+\label{sec:old-standard}
+
Copyright \textcopyright\ 2006--2011, Alexey Kryukov
(\href{mailto:amkryukov@gmail.com}{amkryukov@gmail.com}), without
Reserved Font Names.
\\
-Copyright \textcopyright\ 2019--2020, Robert Alessi
+Copyright \textcopyright\ 2019--2023, Robert Alessi
(\href{mailto:alessi@robertalessi.net}{alessi@robertalessi.net}), without
Reserved Font Names.
+\\
+Copyright \textcopyright\ 2019--2023, Antonis Tsolomitis
+(\href{mailto:atsol@aegean.gr}{atsol@aegean.gr}), without
+Reserved Font Names.
+
+This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License,
+Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at:
+\url{http://scripts.sil.org/OFL}
+
+\subsection{Old Standard Math}
+\label{sec:old-standard-math}
+Copyright \textcopyright\ 2019--2023, Antonis Tsolomitis
+(\href{mailto:atsol@aegean.gr}{atsol@aegean.gr}).
+This work is released under the GUST Font License -- see
+\url{http://tug.org/fonts/licenses/GUST-FONT-LICENSE.txt} for details.
+\paragraph{Support}
Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert
-Alessi:
+Alessi or Antonis Tsolomitis:
\begin{itemize}
-\item email: \mailto[oldstandard package]{alessi@roberalessi.net}
-\item website: \url{http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard/about}
-\item development: \url{http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard}
+\item email: \mailto[oldstandard package]{alessi@roberalessi.net} or
+ \mailto[oldstandard package]{atsol.aegean.gr}
+\item website: \url{http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard/about}\\
+ or \url{https://sr.ht/~ralessi/oldstandard/}
+\item development: \url{http://git.robertalessi.net/oldstandard}\\
+ or \url{https://sr.ht/~ralessi/oldstandard/sources}
\item comments, feature requests, bug reports:
-\url{https://gitlab.com/ralessi/oldstandard/issues}
+\url{https://sr.ht/~ralessi/oldstandard/trackers}
\end{itemize}
-This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License,
-Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at:
-\url{http://scripts.sil.org/OFL}
-
\section{Documentation}
\label{sec:documentation}
No documentation is associated with this release of \emph{Old
@@ -181,10 +211,12 @@ addressed, took the decision to make a new release \emph{Old
resume the development of this typeface.
\paragraph{Important disclaimer}
-The writer is very far from being able to design glyphs \emph{ex
- nihilo}. That aside, he has some limited knowledge in the use of
-FontForge, and, as a classicist, he is able to scrutinize how features
-operate and if they operate as expected.
+Back in 2019, he writer was far from being able to design glyphs
+\emph{ex nihilo}. That aside, he had some limited knowledge in the use
+of FontForge, and, as a classicist, was able to scrutinize how
+features operate and if they operate as expected. Since then, some
+progress has been made in the art of drawing characters, which has led
+to the revision and correction of a number of glyphs.
\section{Additions and corrections provided}
\label{sec:addit-corr-prov}
@@ -197,11 +229,9 @@ corrections:
in use a century ago in fine books which used font faces very
similar to \emph{Old Standard}. Typical use cases of small capitals
were headers, current headings and in some books proper names.
-\item \emph{For the time being}, a bold italic shape has been
- auto-generated. Of course, auto-generating shapes is not a
- satisfactory solution. However, it is better than using the
- font loader to emulate bold shapes. A real bold italic shape is
- planned in the versions of \emph{Old Standard} to come.
+\item A bold italic shape was first auto-generated in 2019. Of course,
+ auto-generating shapes was not a satisfactory solution. Since then,
+ the characters have been reworked manually.
\item The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (\verb|U+01E6|,
uppercase) and ǧ (\verb|U+01E7|, lowercase) has been added. It is
the only character missing from \emph{Old Standard} that is needed
@@ -216,6 +246,32 @@ corrections:
cases with the previous releases. However, it failed if the beta was
preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the Greek
extended Unicode block.
+\item Open theta has been replaced with closed theta in slot 03B8 and
+ rules ss05 and ss06 have been adjusted accordingly, like so:---
+ \begin{enumerate}
+ \item \texttt{Default}: {\addfontfeatures{RawFeature={-ss05;-ss06}}%
+ θαυμασθεὶς ὁ βάρβαρος.}
+ \item \texttt{ss05}: {\addfontfeatures{RawFeature={+ss05;-ss06}}%
+ θαυμασθεὶς ὁ βάρβαρος.}
+ \item \texttt{ss06}: {\addfontfeatures{RawFeature={-ss05;+ss06}}%
+ θαυμασθεὶς ὁ βάρβαρος.}
+ \item \texttt{ss05} and \texttt{ss06}:
+ {\addfontfeatures{RawFeature={+ss05;+ss06}}%
+ θαυμασθεὶς ὁ βάρβαρος.}
+ \end{enumerate}
+\item \textbf{Oldstyle numerals}: These have been designed by Antonis
+ Tsolomitis for regular and bold and by Robert Alessi for italic and
+ bolditalic. They can be selected by \verb|RawFeature=onum|.
+\item \textbf{Math Font}: This is a major and long-awaited enhancement
+ to Old Standard. The math font has been designed by Antonis
+ Tsolomitis from an old French book published by Gauthier-Villars
+ that used a font similar to Old Standard for Greek and a Bodoni font
+ for Latin. As both Bodoni and Old Standard were \enquote{romantic}
+ faces, it is hoped that they match up nicely, even if this remains
+ to be proven\dots\\
+ Two integrals are provided: a romantic one, which is selected by
+ default, and an upright version, which can be selected with
+ \verb|StylisticSet=2|.
\end{enumerate}
\section{Usage}
@@ -349,14 +405,12 @@ information, the reader should refer to][10,24]{babel} As an example,
here is how \emph{Old Standard} has been loaded in the preamble of
this document to be compiled with \LuaLaTeX:---
\begin{code}
- \usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[greek.ancient,english]{babel}
\babeltags{grc = greek}
\babelfont{rm}{Old Standard}
-
- \babelfont[greek]{rm}[RawFeature={+ss05;+ss06}]{Old Standard}
+ \babelfont[greek]{rm}[RawFeature=ss05]{Old Standard}
\end{code}
Then, once \emph{Old Standard} has been loaded with \cs{babelfont}