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@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-This is the README for the fira package, version 2015-01-21.
+This is the README for the fira package, version 4.111-2015-05-09.
This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
-support for the Fira Sans family of fonts (version 3.111),
+support for the Fira Sans family of fonts (version 4.004)
+and the Fira Mono family (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
+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.
+Heavy. Fira Mono is available in three weights (regular, medium, bold);
+there are no italics.
To install this package on a TDS-compliant TeX system
download the file "tex-archive"/install/fonts/fira.tds.zip
@@ -22,46 +24,57 @@ To use, add
\usepackage{FiraSans}
-to the preamble of your document. These will activate Fira Sans as
-the sans-serif text font. To activate it as the main text font, use
+to the preamble of your document. These will activate Fira
+Sans as he sans-serif text font. To activate it as the main
+text font, use
\usepackage[sfdefault]{FiraSans}
-LuaLaTeX and xeLaTeX users who might prefer type1 fonts or who wish
-to avoid fontspec may use the type1 option.
+Use
-Options scaled=<number> or scale=<number> may be used to scale the
-fonts.
+\usepackage{FiraMono}
-The default figure style is proportional-oldstyle, but the lining
-(or lf) option will change the default to lining figures and
-the tabular (or tf) option will change the default to tabular
-(monospaced) figures.
+to activate Fira Mono as the monospaced text font.
+
+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 fonts.
+
+The default figure style for Fira Sans is
+proportional-oldstyle, but the lining (or lf) option will
+change the default to lining figures and the tabular (or
+tf) option will change the default to tabular (monospaced)
+figures. The default for Fira Mono is oldstyle.
Font encodings supported are OT1, T1, LY1 and TS1.
-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.
+For Fira Sans, 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. For
+Fira Mono, the medium option activates that 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 \firathin, \firalight etc. allow for localized use
-of those series.
+Commands \firaoldstyle, \firalining, \firatabular,
+\firaproportional, \firamonooldstyle and \firamonolining
+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
-http://www.carrois.com/en/fira-3-1/
+http://www.carrois.com/en/fira-4-0/
-and according to
+and
-https://github.com/mozilla/Fira/blob/master/LICENSE
+http://www.carrois.com/en/fira-3-1/
-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).
+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 or 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 at
+rdt(at)cs(dot)queensu(dot)ca.