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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-osf.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-osf.html index 14d49d054e8..3842fa93ca1 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-osf.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-osf.html @@ -1,47 +1,47 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label osf</title> </head><body> -<h3>Using “old-style” figures</h3> +<h3>Using “old-style” figures</h3> <p/>These numbers are also called medieval or lowercase figures and their use is mostly font-specific. Terminology is confusing since the lining figures (which are now the default) are a relatively recent development (19th century) and before they arrived, oldstyle figures were the norm, even when setting mathematics. (An example is Thomas -Harriot’s <em>Artis Analyticae Praxis</em> published in 1631). In a +Harriot’s <em>Artis Analyticae Praxis</em> published in 1631). In a typical old style 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 have descenders and 6 and 8 ascend above the x-height; sometimes 2 will also ascend (this last seems to be a variation associated with French typography). <p/>LaTeX provides a command <code>\</code><code>oldstylenums{</code><em>digits</em><code>}</code>, which -by default uses an old-style set embedded in Knuth’s ‘math italic’ -font. The command isn’t sensitive to the font style of surrounding +by default uses an old-style set embedded in Knuth’s ‘math italic’ +font. The command isn’t sensitive to the font style of surrounding text: the glyphs are only available to match the normal medium weight Computer Modern Roman fonts. <p/>The <i>textcomp</i> package changes <code>\</code><code>oldstylenums</code> to use the glyphs in the Text Companion fonts (LaTeX TS1 encoding) when in text mode, and also makes them available using the macros of the -form <code>\</code><code>text<number>oldstyle</code>, e.g., <code>\</code><code>textzerooldstyle</code>. +form <code>\</code><code>text<number>oldstyle</code>, e.g., <code>\</code><code>textzerooldstyle</code>. (Of course, not all font families can provide this facility.) <p/>Some font packages (e.g., <i>mathpazo</i>) make old-style figures available and provide explicit support for making them the default: <code>\</code><code>usepackage[osf]{mathpazo}</code> selects a form where digits are always old-style in text. The <i>fontinst</i> package will -automatically generate “old-style versions” of commercial Adobe Type -1 font families for which “expert” sets are available. -<p/>It’s also possible to make virtual fonts, that offer old-style digits, +automatically generate “old-style versions” of commercial Adobe Type +1 font families for which “expert” sets are available. +<p/>It’s also possible to make virtual fonts, that offer old-style digits, from existing font packages. The <i>cmolddig</i> bundle provides -a such a virtual version of Knuth’s originals, and the <i>eco</i> +a such a virtual version of Knuth’s originals, and the <i>eco</i> or <i>hfoldsty</i> bundles both provide versions of the EC fonts. The <i>lm</i> family offers old-style figures to OpenType users (see below), but we have no stable mapping for <i>lm</i> with old-style digits from the Adobe Type 1 versions of the fonts. <p/>Originally, oldstyle figures were only to be found the expert sets of commercial fonts, but now they are increasingly widely available. An -example is Matthew Carter’s Georgia font, which has old-style figures +example is Matthew Carter’s Georgia font, which has old-style figures as its normal form (the font was created for inclusion with certain Microsoft products and is intended for on-screen viewing). -<p/>OpenType fonts have a pair of axes for number variations — +<p/>OpenType fonts have a pair of axes for number variations — proportional/tabular and lining/oldstyle selections are commonly -available. “Full feature access” to OpenType fonts, making such +available. “Full feature access” to OpenType fonts, making such options available to the (La)TeX user, is already supported by <a href="FAQ-xetex.html">XeTeX</a> using, for example, the <i>fontspec</i> package. Similar support is also in the works for |