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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/fonts/fonts-tlwg/nf/README.1ST b/Master/texmf-dist/source/fonts/fonts-tlwg/nf/README.1ST new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4e46c3d08ba --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/fonts/fonts-tlwg/nf/README.1ST @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Copying & License +================= + +Norasi and Garuda, from The Thai Natinal Founts project, under TLWG's +maintennace are licensed under GNU General Public License Version 2. +Plese see GPL file at the top directory for the license material. + + +Design Notes +============ + +Some aestheic and technical aspects of these founts + + +Norasi +------ + +Norasi originated from Yannis's Omega serif fount. Yannis designed +Omega serif for Omega type setting system based on Times New Roman +typeface; one reason was to create a free typeface that has the look +of widely used Times New Roman. The Omega-thai-serif and Nf3 founts, a +prototype for Norasi, may be found in GNU's intlfonts distribution from +ftp.gnu.org. + +Norasi was developped further -- by Dr. Virach Sornlertlamvanich and +his teams, I beleive -- to be more technically corrected, according to +the Thai National Founts project, and more aesthetically beautiful. Thai +glyphes have more curves and are more well balanced in general; however, +Latin glyphes was tampered. x-height was mechanically increased by plain +scaling which makes minuscules (lowercase letters) look too big and too +dark. Bold-weight was also mechanically embolden; thus, it looks plainly +wrong and not compatible with Times Roman at all. At least we could see +the benefits of having a bold-weight rather than not having one. + +Fortunately, URW release some of their implementation of standard +PostScript founts under GPL licence including Times Roman compatiple -- +URW Nimbus Roman. Therefore, we have taken the route to restore Norasi's +aesthetic of Times Roman. By borrowing glypes from URW Nimbus Roman, +Omega, and Txr founts in order to give Norasi a full family of face that +one can depends on a daily usages ranging from office communication to +mathematical typesetting. + +There are still a few things left to be complete for Norasi: real Thai +italic glyphes, real Thai bold glyphes, and real Thai bold-italic +glyphes. The aim is to draw these new glyphes in the spirit of Yannis's +original ones. |