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@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
Authors
=======
-Bogus\l{}aw Jackowski <B.Jackowski@gust.org.pl>
-Marek Ry\'cko <marek@camk.edu.pl>
+Bogusław Jackowski
+Marek Ryćko
consultant: Roman Tomaszewski
see also GUST (Polish TeX Users Group) home page:
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ therefore the bug escaped fixing for a long time.
In the corrected version, accented characters are processed twice
(see macro `beginchar_twice' in pl_dod.mf): during the first pass,
-all drawing operations (fill, draw, cull, etc.) are neutralized --
-the result of the first pass are merely character dimensions (hopefully,
+all drawing operations (fill, draw, cull, etc.) are neutralized—the
+result of the first pass are merely character dimensions (hopefully,
resolution-independent ;-); during the second pass, the glyph is
eventually created.
-The documentation below is an excerpt from mexinfo.eng---the documentation
+The documentation below is an excerpt from mexinfo.eng—the documentation
of MeX package (CTAN:/language/polish/mex*).
PL fonts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This was a main reason to put them in the separate package.
-----------------------------------------------------
There are nine diacritical letters in the Polish language (altogether
- with majuscules---eighteen):
+ with majuscules—eighteen):
a with ogonek
c with acute accent
@@ -63,31 +63,31 @@ This was a main reason to put them in the separate package.
z with dot accent
Moreover, the Polish opening quotation mark is like English
- closing one, but shifted to a baseline (like two commas, `,,');
+ closing one, but shifted to a baseline (like two commas, `„');
additionally, in case of nested quotations, French quotation marks
- (`<<' and `>>') are used.
+ (`«' and `»') are used.
2. The PL layout
----------------
The Polish fonts (PL) are extension of Computer Modern
- fonts (CM), i.e., characters 0--127 are identical in PL and CM,
+ fonts (CM), i.e., characters 0–127 are identical in PL and CM,
while the Polish characters and Polish and French quotation marks
are placed in higher ASCII positions, namely:
- A with ogonek -- 129 a with ogonek -- 161
- C with acute accent -- 130 c with acute accent -- 162
- E with ogonek -- 134 e with ogonek -- 166
- L with cross -- 138 l with cross -- 170
- N with acute accent -- 139 n with acute accent -- 171
- O with acute accent -- 211 o with acute accent -- 243
- S with acute accent -- 145 s with acute accent -- 177
- Z with acute accent -- 153 z with acute accent -- 185
- Z with dot accent -- 155 z with dot accent -- 187
+ A with ogonek – 129 a with ogonek – 161
+ C with acute accent – 130 c with acute accent – 162
+ E with ogonek – 134 e with ogonek – 166
+ L with cross – 138 l with cross – 170
+ N with acute accent – 139 n with acute accent – 171
+ O with acute accent – 211 o with acute accent – 243
+ S with acute accent – 145 s with acute accent – 177
+ Z with acute accent – 153 z with acute accent – 185
+ Z with dot accent – 155 z with dot accent – 187
- << (French opening quotes) -- 174
- >> (French opening quotes) -- 175
- ,, (Polish opening quotes) -- 255
+ « (French opening quotes, accessed as ligature <<) – 174
+ » (French opening quotes, accessed as ligature >>) – 175
+ „ (Polish opening quotes, accessed as ligature ,,) – 255
Note that the Polish diacritical letters have the codes of the Extended
CM layout (Cork encoding).
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This was a main reason to put them in the separate package.
c) The quotation marks are accessible via ligatures (,, << >>).
The Polish diacritical letters can be accessed either directly or
- using an active prefix character (slash)---see the description of
+ using an active prefix character (slash)—see the description of
the format MeX. No ligatures are used to form the Polish diacritical
characters. There are good reasons for doing so.
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ This was a main reason to put them in the separate package.
g) plsy fonts include alternative less-or-equal and greater-or-equal
signs (like AMSTeX `\leqslant' and `\geqslant'), used in Polish math
- texts; this extension was suggested by Mr. W\l{}odzimierz J. Martin.
+ texts; this extension was suggested by Mr. Włodzimierz J. Martin.
h) plmi, plmib and pltex fonts are renamed (for uniformness) cmmi, cmmib
and cmtex fonts. The latter one reflects the layout of the keyboard
- of the computer used by D. E. Knuth (D. E. Knuth, ``Computer Modern
- Typefaces,'' p. 568); it is unlikely that Polish characters were
+ of the computer used by D. E. Knuth (D. E. Knuth, “Computer Modern
+ Typefaces,” p. 568); it is unlikely that Polish characters were
present there.
i) The design of the Polish diacritical characters in fonts plr, plbx,
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ This was a main reason to put them in the separate package.
Mr. Roman Tomaszewski died in December 1993.
- j) D. E. Knuth encourages users to generate their own fonts: ``Many
+ j) D. E. Knuth encourages users to generate their own fonts: “Many
more variations (bold and/or slanted and/or sans-serif) could be
- tried.'' he says (``Computer Modern Typefaces'', p. 30). The authors
+ tried.” he says (“Computer Modern Typefaces”, p. 30). The authors
of the PL fonts share rather the Roman Tomaszewski's opinion, that one
should be very, very careful in following this advice.
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ This was a main reason to put them in the separate package.
closing quotes; the French quotation marks are designed from scratch.
e) The geometry of an ogonek is very simple: its outer and inner edges
- are single B\'ezier segments. The algorithm of computing the control
- points for the B\'ezier curves, however, is admittedly sophisticated.
+ are single Bézier segments. The algorithm of computing the control
+ points for the Bézier curves, however, is admittedly sophisticated.
This is due to the fact that a wide spectrum of different ogonek shapes
is in fact to be programmed: one shape is needed for caps, another for
`a' with ogonek, yet another for `e' with ogonek, as they all have
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ This was a main reason to put them in the separate package.
the basic font unit |u| may change during one session of font
generation (monospace and caps-small-caps) and that a few different
pens may be used to draw a single letter you'll understand why
- so many |if| ... |else:| ... |fi| commands are used in the ogonek
+ so many |if| … |else:| … |fi| commands are used in the ogonek
program.
f) Implicit kerns are mostly the same for the Polish diacritical letters
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ The present distribution consists of:
distribution of Type 1 collection of PL fonts;
(c) 2 extra files:
- * cmssbi10.mf -- added for the sake of completeness
+ * cmssbi10.mf—added for the sake of completeness
(such a file is missing from the original set
of parameter files);
- * dlr10.mf -- a sample file, demonstrating how to change the
+ * dlr10.mf—a sample file, demonstrating how to change the
basic unit of a font (in this case, the parameter file
defines 10 didot point font)
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ HISTORY:
7 Feb 1992: version 1.00
11 Feb 1992: version 1.01
* no changes; the new version number due to changes in \MeX{} format
- 25 May -- 1 Jun 1992: version 1.02
+ 25 May – 1 Jun 1992: version 1.02
* pl_dod.mf:
the following two erroneous assignments:
z_a:=(x_down+the_left_pos,.5penkind); % starting point
@@ -269,11 +269,11 @@ HISTORY:
* fik_mik.mf:
possibility of arbitrary rescaling added: the value of
|basic_unit#| can be used to override default |pt#| basic
- unit (suggestion of M. \L{}akomy; cf. the sample file dlr10.mf
+ unit (suggestion of M. Łakomy; cf. the sample file dlr10.mf
producing a |10dd#| roman font)
- * cosmetic changes in cmbx11.mf, cmr11.mf, cmti11.mf, cmsl11.mf,
+ * cosmetic changes in cmbx11.mf, cmr11.mf, cmsl11.mf, cmti11.mf,
cmssbi10.mf, and polan.mf
-14 Apr 1996: version 1.07$gamma$ -- unofficial release
+14 Apr 1996: version 1.07$gamma$ – unofficial release
(versions 1.04 thru 1.06 were never released)
* a nasty bug removed, found by Andreas Schwab in connection with
Joerg Knappen's works on including the code of PL fonts into
@@ -282,21 +282,21 @@ HISTORY:
* macro |put_dot| corrected (PL_DOD.MF)
* |qvair| and |limit_dist| defined as macros (used to be variables)
* some code cleaning
-13 Apr 2000: version 1.07 -- official release (for BachoTeX 2000)
+13 Apr 2000: version 1.07 – official release (for BachoTeX 2000)
* no changes of code since version 1.07$\gamma$
- * files cmr11.mf, cmti11.mf, cmsl11.mf removed from the distribution
- as useless.
+ * files cmbx11.mf, cmr11.mf, cmsl11.mf, and cmti11.mf removed from
+ the distribution as useless.
* changes in the documentation and new comments in the files
13 Apr 2000: version 1.08 (the date was deliberately retained)
* pl_dod:
- a line added in |beginchar_twice| (at the beginning of ``discrete''
+ a line added in |beginchar_twice| (at the beginning of “discrete”
calculations):
save mode_guard_; % dedicated to those who use Karl Berry's modes.mf
- the problems with modes.mf were reported by W\l{}odek Macewicz
+ the problems with modes.mf were reported by Włodek Macewicz
* the modification HAS NOT INFLUENCE on metric files, i.e.,
the files generated from version 1.07 are identical; we do
our best to follow Donald E. Knuth's enunciation:
- ``I absolutely guarantee that the TFM files will never change again.''
+ “I absolutely guarantee that the TFM files will never change again.”
(DeK, file CM85bug)
* font plex9 removed from the distribution as not relevant to
the original Computer Modern family; if required (?),
@@ -309,11 +309,6 @@ HISTORY:
the METAFONT syntax (|primary| instead of |expr|):
<special command> :=
special <string expression> | numspecial <numeric expression>
-
-
---------------
-EMAIL CONTACT:
---------------
-
-B.Jackowski@gust.org.pl or M.Rycko@gust.org.pl
-
+30 Mar 2020: version 1.09a
+ * better licensing wording in fik_mik.mf, pl_cud_.mf and pl_dod.mf
+ * UTF-8 encoding: this and several other documents