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Gentium has won a "Certificate of Excellence in Typeface +Design" in two major international typeface design competitions: +bukva:raz! (2001), TDC2003 (2003). + +The Gentium Plus font family is based on the original design. It currently +comes with regular and italic face only, although additional weights are in +development. + +The goal for this product is to provide a single Unicode-based font family +that contains a comprehensive inventory of glyphs needed for almost any +Roman- or Cyrillic-based writing system, whether used for phonetic or +orthographic needs, and provide a matching Greek face. In addition, there +is provision for other characters and symbols useful to linguists. This +font makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex +typographic issues, such as the need to position arbitrary combinations +of base glyphs and diacritics optimally. + +Two fonts from this typeface family are included in this release: + + * Gentium Plus Regular + * Gentium Plus Italic + +Work is ongoing to provide bold and bold-italic weights, as well as a +complete book-weight family. + +For detailed documentation see the contents of the 'documentation' folder. + + +A Note Regarding the Open Font License and TypeTuner +---------------------------------------------------- + +The OFL prohibits the use of Reserved Font Names "Gentium" and "SIL" in +the name of any font that is derived from the Original Version of Gentium +Plus. However, SIL International (the Copyright Holder) grants through +this separate written agreement the right to use the Reserved Font Names +in any Modified Version of this font created by using TypeTuner as long +as the feature information contained in the Original Version is used, +unmodified, as the source for TypeTuner feature information, and +"Gentium Plus" is not the resulting font family name. + +TypeTuner-produced fonts created in this manner are still bound by the +terms of the OFL. Specifically, the use of Reserved Font Names is +prohibited when making derivatives of a TypeTuner-produced font. Anyone +making a derivative of a TypeTuner font will need to find a different +name. For example a TypeTuner-produced font may be named +"Gentium Plus Literacy SomeFarAwayPlace" but a derivative of that font made +with other tools would not be allowed to use the "Gentium" and "SIL" +Reserved Font Names and would have to be named something like "Nations Serif". + + +ChangeLog +--------- +(This should list both major and minor changes, most recent first.) + +1 August 2012 (SIL NRSI team) Gentium Plus version 1.510 +- Changed Graphite feature identifiers from integers to 4-character + alphanumeric tags (no other changes) + +12 September 2011 (SIL NRSI team) Gentium Plus version 1.508 +- Removed the VDMX table +- Changed version number (using ttfsetver) + +25 Aug 2011 (SIL NRSI team) Gentium Plus version 1.506 +- Double-encoded the SIL PUA characters which were added to Unicode 5.2 and 6.0 + (using ttfremap) +- Corrected problem with coverage tables (using ttfsortcover) +- Changed version number (using ttfsetver) +- Added device metric tables +- Added an empty dsig table + +16 Nov 2010 (SIL NRSI team) Gentium Plus version 1.504 +- Added codepage bits for 1251 (Cyrillic), 1257 (Windows Baltic), 1258 + (Vietnamese) + +1 Nov 2010 (SIL NRSI team) Gentium Plus version 1.502 +- Regular and Italic weights only +- New OpenType and Graphite support +- Converted kerning to OpenType (but not Graphite) +- New extended Cyrillic script support, inc. Serbian alternates +- Character set and features up to same level as Charis SIL 4.106 +- Support for more historic Greek characters and alternate seriffed beta +- No separate GentiumAlt fonts (replaced by font features) +- Added WOFF versions and examples + +28 Nov 2005 (Victor Gaultney) Gentium version 1.02 +- Changed licensing to the SIL Open Font License +- Included FontLab source files +- Fixed some duplicate PostScript glyph names +- Fixed italic angle + +19 Sep 2003 (Victor Gaultney) Gentium version 1.01 +- Maintenance release focused on changing internal font +- Information to reflect the changeover to an SIL project +- There is only one bug fix - the Greek mu PS name was changed to try and fix +a display/printing problem. There is still no manual hinting. + +16 Sep 2002 (Victor Gaultney) Gentium version 1.00 +- First public release +- No manual hinting is included in this version. Some has been done - with +good results - but is not yet complete enough. + + +Information for Developers/Contributors +--------------------------------------- + +The release of Gentium Plus version 1.502 (and any subsequent versions) under +the OFL license provides a means for people to modify the fonts to meet their +needs and contribute to the project. For information on what you're allowed to +change or modify, consult the OFL and OFL-FAQ. + +Anyone can make their own modified version of Gentium Plus (using a different +name), but SIL International will continue to maintain and develop the +canonical version of the Gentium Plus fonts. As the package maintainer, we +welcome contributions. Here are some things to keep in mind: + +Format: We are open to contributions in various formats, but if you want to +maximise the chances of us including your work, please make it available to +us (via email or a URL) as either a FontLab database (preferred) or a +PostScript Type 1 (or OT-CFF) font. + +Source files: The primary source files for the fonts are the fonts themselves. +They contain all the important data in the fonts and can be studied and +modified using open font tools such as FontForge and TTX. The developer +release contains additional source files that might be useful. See the file +source/SOURCES.txt in that release archive for further information. + +Copyright attribution: If you submit something for inclusion in the main +Gentium Plus fonts, we will ask you to affirm that it is your original work, +and ask you to assign the copyright of your work to SIL International. This +is to ensure that future releases can be made under improved versions of the +OFL without needing to track you down for further permission. This follows +the same principle used by the FSF. Keep in mind that we are a +not-for-profit organization committed to free/libre and open source +software, and that any contributions incorporated in the fonts will always +be available under the OFL or a similar license. + +Quality: Because we want to be able to guarantee a high level of quality for +the primary Gentium Plus fonts, we will review submissions carefully. Please +don't be discouraged if we do not include a submission for this reason, or +ask you to make specific revisions. + +Types of contributions: If you wish to make a contribution - a set of +additional glyphs, scripts, code, etc. - please contact us before you do any +work to see if it is a contribution we currently need. Every addition adds +to the complexity of the project and needs to be carefully planned. This +also avoids two people working on the same type of addition at the same time. + +Linux packages: Please contact the upstream maintainer of the various +packages - nicolas_spalinger@sil.org - if you want to help package or +maintain a package. + +When submissions will be included: We plan to revise the fonts when major +updates are needed (eg new versions of Unicode). If you wish to make +submissions, contact us on the timing. + + +Acknowledgements +---------------- +(Here is where contributors can be acknowledged. If you make modifications be +sure to add your name (N), email (E), web-address (W) and description (D). +This list is sorted by last name in alphabetical order.) + +N: Victor Gaultney +E: victor_gaultney@sil.org +W: http://www.sil.org/~gaultney/ +D: Original Designer + +N: Annie Olsen +E: fonts@sil.org +W: http://scripts.sil.org/ +D: Contributed some extended Latin glyphs + +N: Iska Routamaa +E: fonts@sil.org +W: http://scripts.sil.org/ +D: Contributed some extended Latin glyphs and extensive work on the italic face + +N: SIL font engineers +E: fonts@sil.org +W: http://scripts.sil.org/ +D: Graphite, OpenType, and TypeTuner code, and build support + +The Gentium and Gentium Plus fonts are maintained by SIL International. + +For more information please visit the Gentium page on SIL International's +Computers and Writing systems website: http://scripts.sil.org/gentium + +Or send an email to gentium@sil.org |