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-This is the README for the fira package, version 2014-03-16.
-
-This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support
-for the Fira Sans family of fonts (version 2.001), designed by Erik
-Spiekermann and Ralph du Carrois of Carrois Type Design. Fira Sans
-is available in four weights with corresponding italics: light,
-regular, medium, and bold.
-
-To install this package on a TDS-compliant TeX system download the
-file "tex-archive"/install/fonts/fira.tds.zip where the preferred
-URL for "tex-archive" is http://mirrors.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).
+This is the README for the fira package, version 2014-11-20.
+
+This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
+support for the Fira Sans family of fonts (version 3.111),
+designed by Erik Spiekermann and Ralph du Carrois of
+Carrois Type Design. Fira Sans is available in seventeen
+weights, but six of these are considered "experimental". The
+remaining eleven weights (with corresponding italics) are
+supported with this package: Thin, UltraLight, ExtraLight,
+Light, Book, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold,
+Heavy.
+
+To install this package on a TDS-compliant TeX system
+download the file "tex-archive"/install/fonts/fira.tds.zip
+where the preferred URL for "tex-archive" is
+http://mirrors.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).
Update the font-map files by enabling the Map file fira.map.
To use, add
@@ -35,22 +40,24 @@ the tabular (or tf) option will change the default to tabular
Font encodings supported are OT1, T1, LY1 and TS1.
-The medium option activates that series as the default bold series.
-The light option activates that series as the default regular
-series.
+The medium, semibold, extrabold and heavy options activate
+those series as the default bold series. The book, light,
+extralight, ultralight and thin options activate those
+series as the default regular series.
Commands \firaoldstyle, \firalining, \firatabular, and
-\firaproportional allow for localized use of non-default figures.
-Superior numbers are available using \sufigures. Commands \firalight
-and \firamedium allow for localized use of those series.
+\firaproportional allow for localized use of non-default
+figures. Superior numbers are available using \sufigures.
+Commands \firathin, \firalight etc. allow for localized use
+of those series.
The original OpenType fonts were obtained from
-https://github.com/buildingfirefoxos/Building-Blocks/tree/gh-pages/fonts/FiraSans
+http://www.carrois.com/en/fira-3-1/
-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 autoinst. 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)
+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 cfftot1. 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).