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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5ccc9c6bafe --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/README @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Missaali is a package that contains the free OpenType/PS Textura font +Missaali and a style file for using it with XeLaTeX. + +Textura is a typeface based on the textus quadratus form of the +textualis formata that late medieval scribes used for the most +valuable manuscripts. The font Missaali is based on Textura that +Bartholomew Ghotan used to print missals and psalters in the 1480s. +The letters were scanned and recreated from a facsimile reprint of +Missale Aboense that Ghotan printed for the Turku diocese in 1488. + +The font has two intended use cases: + +* as a Gothic display font; and + +* for emulating late-medieval manuscripts. + +Textura as a typeface is not suitable for use as a modern general text +font as its letterforms are far removed from typical fonts. Missaali +recreates the late medieval character set including a large number of +abbreviation sigla but it lacks many characters that are essential for +modern typesetting. This means that it can be reasonably used only as +a display font or for recreating medieval manuscripts. + +As modern typesetting algorithms are not intended for creating 15th +century style layout, the package contains a XeLaTeX style file that +makes it easier to achieve the classic incunabula look. + +This font is distributed under the SIL Open Font License. The +documentation is distributed under the Latex Project Public License +(LPPL). |