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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
% !TEX TS-program = pdflatex
% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
-% $Id: gentium.tex 146 2022-05-21 22:17:01Z karl $
+% $Id: gentium.tex 157 2022-05-31 22:20:57Z karl $
% This file is part of the Gentium package for TeX.
% It is licensed under the Expat License, see doc//README for details.
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@
\newcommand*{\fname}[1]{\textsf{#1}}
\begin{abstract}\raggedright\noindent
- This document briefly describes the
- \TeX/\LaTeX\ support provided by this
- package, \pkgname{gentium-tug}, for the Gentium font collection
- released by \sil.
+ This document briefly describes the \TeX/\LaTeX\ support
+ provided by this package, \pkgname{gentium-tug}, for the Gentium
+ font collection released by \sil. \pkgname{gentium-tug} includes
+ Type~1 versions of the fonts, as well as the original TrueType
+ fonts released by \sil.
\end{abstract}
\tableofcontents
@@ -139,9 +140,7 @@ GentiumPlus is a seriffed design. The fonts support a wide range of
Latin, Greek and Cyrillic characters.
This package does not use the Berry fontname scheme, but longer names
-similar to those of Latin Modern, etc. One disadvantage of this choice
-is that you cannot use the additional font selection commands provided
-by the package \pkgname{nfssext-cfr}.
+similar to those of Latin Modern, etc.
\section{Installation}
@@ -193,9 +192,8 @@ Alternatively, you can do \verb|\usepackage{gentiumbook}| to load the
GentiumBookPlus fonts for your document, instead of GentiumPlus. The
most noticeable difference is that the Book fonts are a lighter weight.
-The only prerequisite is that the \LaTeX\ packages (\path{gentium.sty},
-\path{gentiumbook.sty}) require \pkgname{xkeyval}, which you almost
-certainly already have.
+The only prerequisite is that these \LaTeX\ packages require
+\pkgname{xkeyval}, which you almost certainly already have.
\subsection{Encodings}\label{sec:encs}
@@ -238,19 +236,54 @@ To use Gentium fonts in a \LaTeX\ document, add
the default serif/roman family to \fname{gentium}.
You can also use \verb|\usepackage{gentiumbook}|, which will set the
-Gentium Book Plus family.
+Gentium Book Plus family as the default.
+
+The package \verb|gentium| uses not only the family GentiumPlus, but
+also the family GentiumBookPlus for additional weights (semi bold and
+extra bold). Likewise, the package \verb|gentiumbook| uses not only the
+family GentiumBookPlus, but also the family GentiumPlus for additional
+weights (semi light and semi bold). That means that both packages enable
+access to all eight fonts. The difference is in which fonts are used for
+the most common weights, medium and bold, and which weights are added.
+You can see what's available in table~\ref{weights}.
+
+\begin{table}[h]
+\centering
+ \begin{tabular}{llrr}
+ \toprule
+ upright font & italic font & \tt gentium & \tt gentiumbook \\
+ \midrule
+ GentiumPlus-Regular & \textit{GentiumPlus-Italic} & \textbf{m} & sl \\
+ \usefont{T1}{gentium}{sb}{n} GentiumBookPlus-Regular & \usefont{T1}{gentium}{sb}{it} GentiumBookPlus-Italic & sb & \textbf{m} \\
+ \usefont{T1}{gentium}{b}{n} GentiumPlus-Bold & \usefont{T1}{gentium}{b}{it} GentiumPlus-BoldItalic & \textbf{b} & sb \\
+ \usefont{T1}{gentium}{eb}{n} GentiumBookPlus-Bold & \usefont{T1}{gentium}{eb}{it} GentiumBookPlus-BoldItalic & eb & \textbf{b} \\
+ \bottomrule
+ \end{tabular}
+ \caption{Available weights in \texttt{gentium} vs.\ \texttt{gentiumbook}.}
+ \label{weights}
+\end{table}
+
+You can set the desired weight with the command \verb|\fontseries|, like this:
+\begin{verbatim}
+\fontseries{sb}\selectfont
+\end{verbatim}
+
+You can also use the command \verb|\usefont|, like this:
+\begin{verbatim}
+\usefont{T1}{gentium}{sb}{n}
+\end{verbatim}
If you want to use Gentium together with another font (sans or
-typewriter) with a different x-height, you should consider using the
-option \verb|scaled|. This scales Gentium font and if you choose the
-right scaling factor, you will get the same x-height of both fonts.
-Here is an example of this option:
+typewriter) that has a different \mbox{x-height}, consider using the
+option \verb|scaled|. This scales the Gentium font and if you choose the
+right scaling factor, you will get the same x-height of both fonts. Here
+is an example of this option:
\begin{verbatim}
\usepackage[scaled=0.9]{gentium}
\end{verbatim}
The default definition of the \LaTeX\ logo does not work well with
-Gentium. Although \TeX\ does not look too bad by default, since we
+Gentium. Although ``\TeX'' does not look too bad by default, since we
change \LaTeX, we also change \TeX. This document modifies the logos
using the \pkgname{metalogo} package as follows:
@@ -262,6 +295,7 @@ using the \pkgname{metalogo} package as follows:
\setlogodrop[TeX]{.45ex}% default .5ex
\end{verbatim}
+
\subsection{Changes in the Type~1 fonts vs.\ the TrueType originals}
The shapes of all characters in the Type~1 fonts are the same as in the