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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/oldstandard/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/oldstandard/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9a5049bb335 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/oldstandard/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Old Standard is supposed to reproduce the actual printing style of the +early 20th century, reviving a specific type of Modern (classicist) +style of serif typefaces, very commonly used in various editions of +the late 19th and early 20th century, but almost completely abandoned +later. + +It supports typesetting of Old and Middle English, Old Icelandic, +Cyrillic (with historical characters, extensions for Old Slavonic and +localised forms), Gothic transliterations, critical editions of +Classical Greek and Latin, and many more. + +Old Standard works with TeX engines that directly support OpenType +features, such as XeTeX and LuaTeX. |