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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex index 02f5e3ab5a7..c3aff8dad9e 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-projects.tex @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.9 2010/04/06 18:35:09 rf10 Exp rf10 $ +% $Id: faq-projects.tex,v 1.12 2010/06/02 23:10:24 rf10 Exp rf10 $ \section{Current \TeX{}-related projects} @@ -57,15 +57,21 @@ support for new Web standards. \begin{description} \item[Font technologies] Direct representation of mathematics in browsers has been hampered up to now by the limited range of symbols - in the fonts one can rely on being available. Some existing + in the fonts whose availability designers can count on. Some existing \AllTeX{} to \acro{HTML} converters provide maths symbols by hitching them to alternate font face specifications for standard code points in a non-standard way. This does nothing for the universality of the \acro{HTML} so generated. - - In the near future, we can expect rather wide availability of - Unicode fonts with good coverage of symbols, which should make life - easier for those who need to represent mathematics. + + Now, however, free Unicode-encoded OpenType fonts, with coverage of + mathematical symbols, are starting to appear. The much-heralded + \href{http://www.stixfonts.org/}{\acro{STIX} fonts} seem to have + teetered on the point of general release for years, have now, + finally, been released (end May 2010). No ``official'' macro + support is yet available, but the fonts can be used in browsers. +%% In the near future, we can expect rather wide availability of +%% Unicode fonts with good coverage of symbols, which should make life +%% easier for those who need to represent mathematics. \item[\acro{XML}] The core of the range of new standards is \acro{XML}, which provides a framework for better structured markup; limited support for it has already appeared in some browsers. @@ -531,6 +537,7 @@ interface language designed for \Package{biblatex}, including use of Unicode to ease the generation of multilingual citations. \begin{ctanrefs} \item[amsrefs.sty]\CTANref{amsrefs} +\item[biber]\CTANref{biber} \item[biblatex.sty]\CTANref{biblatex} \item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}biblatex contributions]\CTANref{biblatex-contrib} \item[\nothtml{\rmfamily}CrossTeX]\CTANref{crosstex} |