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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-01-24 23:13:07 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-01-24 23:13:07 +0000
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junicode 0.7.1 (23jan12)
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index 91e06861033..894cdf1206f 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/junicode/Junicode.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/junicode/Junicode.tex
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
\usepackage{fontspec}
+\usepackage{microtype}
+
\setromanfont{Junicode}
\newICUfeature{StyleSet}{1}{+ss01}
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@
\newICUfeature{StyleSet}{altpua}{+ss09}
\newICUfeature{StyleSet}{althook}{+ss14}
\newICUfeature{StyleSet}{altogonek}{+ss15}
+\newICUfeature{StyleSet}{oldpunct}{+ss18}
+\newICUfeature{MirrorRunes}{on}{+rtlm}
\newICUfeature{LigType}{disc}{+dlig}
\newICUfeature{LigType}{hist}{+hlig}
\newICUfeature{LongS}{on}{+hist,+fina}
@@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ ma\-ioribus nos\-tris in\-venta atque in\-sti\-tuta sunt}
\large
\section*{Junicode}
-\fontspec[Contextual=on]{Junicode}The Junicode font is designed to
+\fontspec[Contextual=on]{Junicode}Version 0.7.1\\
+
+\noindent The Junicode font is designed to
meet the needs of medieval scholars; however, it has a large enough
character set to be useful to the general user. It comes in Regular,
Italic, Bold and Bold Italic faces. The Regular face has the fullest
@@ -55,13 +61,13 @@ Font Initiative (version 3.0). Look for special MUFI characters
and above). Download the complete recommendation at
http://www.mufi.info/.
-Junicode is licensed under the GNU Public License. For a copy of this
-license and notes on the way the GPL applies to this font, see the
-file License.pdf. A quick summary of the license: You may use
-Junicode in any kind of publication, print or electronic, without fee
-or restriction. You may modify the font for your own use. You may
-distribute your modified version if you license it under the GNU
-Public License.
+Junicode is licensed under the SIL Open Font License: for the full
+text, go to
+http://scripts.sil.org/OFL. Briefly: You may use Junicode in any
+kind of publication, print or electronic, without fee or
+restriction. You may modify the font for your own use. You may
+distribute your modified version in accordance with the terms of the
+license.
\pagebreak
\subsection*{OpenType Features}
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ small caps; add “Caps to Small Caps” (c2sc) for text entirely in small
caps. {\scshape Junicode has true small caps rather than scaled
capitals.} Special small cap versions of common combining diacritics
are available, and these should be positioned correctly relative to
-the base characters: {\scshape äçé}. {\itshape Regular face
+the base characters: {\scshape äçé}. {\itshape Regular face
only.}\\
\noindent You have a choice of either standard “lining” figures or old-style
@@ -141,7 +147,23 @@ introduced. The original designs, if you prefer them, will always be
available via “Style Set 9” (ss09). Currently there are just a few
such alternates: {\fontspec[StyleSet=altpua]{Junicode} ꝺ} for ꝺ,
{\fontspec[StyleSet=altpua]{Junicode} T} for T,
-{\scshape{\fontspec[StyleSet=altpua]{Junicode} t} for t}.
+{\scshape{\fontspec[StyleSet=altpua]{Junicode} t} for t}.\\
+
+\noindent{\addfontfeature{StyleSet=oldpunct}Old books generally set
+extra space before the heavier punctuation marks (; : ! ?);
+they also leave extra space inside quotation marks and
+parentheses (e.g. “here”). For a similar effect, use Stylistic Set 18 (ss18). Make sure
+that Contextual Alternates are also on so that Junicode can correct
+the spacing in certain environments (but you will have to kern the English plural
+possessive apostrophe manually).}\\
+
+\noindent For XeLaTeX users who use the Microtype package for
+character protrusion, a
+configuration file (mt-Junicode.cfg) is provided for Junicode. Users
+of XeLaTeX will need Microtype version 2.5 (currently beta). The
+configuration file will work only with XeLaTeX, though it can probably be made
+to work with LuaTeX by commenting out the last five lines of the
+{\textbackslash}DeclareCharacterInheritance command.
\pagebreak
\subsection*{Notes on Junicode and MUFI}
@@ -188,7 +210,7 @@ work for you, please leave a bug report at the Junicode website.\\
\noindent {\bfseries Small caps.}
Make it a hard-and-fast rule {\itshape never} to insert any small cap character
into your documents. The encoding of small caps is inherently unstable and
-non-portable. MUFI recommends using small cap-like characters from the
+non-portable. Early versions of MUFI recommend using small cap-like characters from the
Unicode phonetic ranges, but this would be an error with many fonts, including
Junicode, which size phonetic “small caps” to harmonize with lower-case
characters, whereas true small caps are somewhat larger. Always use the
@@ -199,13 +221,13 @@ You may use the “small caps” in the phonetic ranges to set IPA text. The
“small cap” ʀ is also recommended for setting transliterations of early Norse
runic texts.\\
-\noindent {\bfseries Nordic letter-forms.}
+\noindent {\bfseries Nordic letter-shapes.}
The default shape of ð and þ in Junicode is English: this is unusual in
modern fonts. For the shapes used in Icelandic, specify the Icelandic
language, if your application has good language support, or select
“Style Set 1” (ss01): {\fontspec[Language=Icelandic]{Junicode} ðþ}.\\
-\noindent {\bfseries Insular letter-forms.} Insular letter-forms have
+\noindent {\bfseries Insular letter-shapes.} Insular letter-forms have
recently been accepted by Unicode, and therefore their encodings have
changed. For Junicode, use “Style Set 2” (ss02) for insular
letter-forms if your application supports it:
@@ -252,8 +274,9 @@ texts), use “Swash” (swsh):
accessible via “Historical Ligatures” (hlig).
{\fontspec[LigType=hist]{Junicode}Even if you are not a medievalist,
you may still be amused by the strange effects you can achieve by
- turning on this feature: egg track caught fan sock book AA aa AO ao
- AU au AV av.}\\
+ turning on this feature: egg track caught fan sock book save aardvark
+ chaos AA AO
+ AU AV.}\\
\noindent {\bfseries Deleted text.}
In medieval manuscripts, text is often deleted by placing a dot under each
@@ -292,7 +315,11 @@ points.\\
{\addfontfeatures{StyleSet=altogonek}ę}. The modern Polish
version of the letter is acceptable for medieval Latin;
however, if you prefer a centered {\itshape cauda}, use
- “Style Set 15” (ss15).
+ “Style Set 15” (ss15).\\
+
+\noindent {\bfseries Mirrored runes.} In the regular face Junicode
+contains mirrored versions of runes. To access these, use
+Right-to-Left Mirroring (rtlm): {\addfontfeatures{MirrorRunes=on} ᚾᚪᛒᛋᚫᚾᚩᚱᚻ.}
\pagebreak
\subsection*{Old and Middle English}
@@ -339,7 +366,7 @@ Gunnari skyldu fara, ok réðu hversu at skyldi fara.
\fontspec{Junicode}
ᚠᛁᛋᚳ ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ ᚪᚻᚩᚠ ᚩᚾ ᚠᛖᚱᚷᛖᚾᛒᛖᚱᛁᚷ ᚹᚪᚱᚦ ᚷᚪ᛬ᛇᚱᛁᚳ ᚷᚱᚩᚱᚾ ᚦᚨᚱ ᚻᛖ ᚩᚾ ᚷᚱᛖᚢᛏ ᚷᛁᛇᚹᚩᛗ
ᚻᚱᚩᚾᚨᛇ ᛒᚪᚾ\\
-ᚱᚩᛗᚹᚪᛚᚢᛇ ᚪᚾᛞ ᚱᛖᚢᛗᚹᚪᛚᚢᛇ ᛏᚹᛟᚷᛖᚾ ᚷᛁᛒᚱᚩᚦᚫᚱ ᚪᚠᛟᛞᛞᚫ ᛞᛁᚫ ᚹᚣᛚᛁᚠ ᚩᚾ ᚱᚩᛗᚫᚳᚫᛇᛏᛁ᛬
+ᚱᚩᛗᚹᚪᛚᚢᛇ ᚪᚾᛞ ᚱᛖᚢᛗᚹᚪᛚᚢᛇ ᛏᚹᛟᚷᛖᚾ ᚷᛁᛒᚱᚩᚦᚫᚱ ᚪᚠᛟᛞᛞᚫ ᛞᛁᚫ ᚹᚣᛚᛁᚠ ᚩᚾ ᚱᚩᛗᚫ\linebreak[0]ᚳᚫᛇᛏᛁ᛬
ᚩᚦᛚᚫ ᚢᚾᚾᛖᚷ
\subsection*{Latin}