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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/playfair/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/playfair/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..77da1b59f1d --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/playfair/README @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +This is the README for the playfair package, version 2014-03-14. + +This package provides LaTeX, pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX support +for the PlayFairDisplay family of fonts, designed by Claus Eggers +Sørensen. + +Playfair is a transitional design. From the time of enlightenment +in the late 18th century, the broad nib quills were replaced by +pointed steel pens. This influenced typographical letterforms to +become increasingly detached from the written ones. Developments +in printing technology, ink, and paper making, made it possible to +print letterforms of high contrast and delicate hairlines. + +This design lends itself to this period, and while it is not a +revival of any particular design, it takes influence from the +designs of printer and typeface designer John Baskerville, the +punchcutter William Martin's typeface for the "Boydell Shakspeare" +edition, and from the "Scotch Roman" designs that followed +thereafter. + +As the name indicates, Playfair Display is well suited for titling +and headlines. It has an extra large x-height and short descenders. +It can be set with no leading if space is tight, for instance in +news headlines, or for stylistic effect in titles. Capitals are +extra short, and only very slightly heavier than the lowercase +characters. This helps achieve a more even typographical colour when +typesetting proper nouns and initialisms. Languages, like German, +where nouns are capitalized, particularly benefit from this lower +contrast between lower and upper case glyphs. In German, with its +many capitalised words, and in other European languages that use +many diacritical characters, it is advised to use more leading. + +To install this package on a TDS-compliant TeX system download +the file "tex-archive"/install/fonts/playfair.tds.zip, where the +preferred URL for "tex-archive" is http://mirror.ctan.org. Unzip +the archive at the root of an appropriate texmf tree, likely a +personal or local tree. If necessary, update the file-name database +(e.g., texhash). Update the font-map files by enabling the Map file +PlayfairDisplay.map. + +To use, add + +\usepackage{PlayfairDisplay} + +to the preamble of your document. This will activate PlayfairDisplay +as the main (serifed) text font. + +Option black chooses the black weight instead of the bold weight. + +LuaLaTeX and xeLaTeX users who might prefer type1 fonts or who wish +to avoid fontspec may use the type1 option. + +Options scaled=<number> or scale=<number> may be used to scale the +PlayfairDisplay fonts. + +Other options are + +oldstyle,osf old-style figures +lining,lf lining figures + +The defaults are lining and proportional. + +Commands \playfair and \playfairblack select the PlayfairDisplay and +PlayfairDisplay-Black families, respectively. Commands \playfairOsF, +\playfairLF and \sufigures are for localized use of non-default +figures. + +Font encodings supported are OT1, T1, LY1 and TS1. + +The original fonts are available at http://www.google.com/webfonts +and are licensed under the SIL Open Font License, (version 1.1); +the text may be found in the doc directory. The type1 versions +were created using fontforge. The support files were created using +autoinst and are licensed under the terms of the LaTeX Project +Public License. The maintainer of this package is Bob Tennent (rdt +at cs.queensu.ca) |