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Elstob font

23 Dec 16:40
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Version 2.104 fixes kerning issues with numbers and parentheses, and adds more modern oldstyle figures, selectable with ss03.

Elstob font

12 Dec 01:21
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Version 2.103 improves handling of Turkish and other language and fixes a bug in Italic's ccmp feature. Also adds a package that supports the use of Elstob (the variable font) in LuaLaTeX.

Elstob font

14 Sep 20:51
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Version 2.101 has some revised outlines (bringing glyphs into line with version 2 style) and some corrected feature code.

Elstob font

05 Jul 23:41
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Version 2.100 features improvements to spacing and kerning and, for the variable version, a completely revised set of hints (employing the Ygt hint editor.

Elstob font

03 Aug 18:18
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Elstob font Pre-release
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Version 2.000 contains major changes:

  • design changes for a more modern look;
  • OpenType features revised to match those of Junicode as closely as possible;
  • more comprehensive kerning by Kern On;
  • Slant axis for italic variable font;
  • slant of static fonts made less extreme;
  • New Unicode characters added, esp. those for the Ormulum.

Documents that depend on the OpenType features of Elstob 1 may need revision; they may reflow when changed to Elstob 2. Do not rely on this beta version for production work.

Beta3 contains more refinements in spacing and kerning, and adds support for Vietnamese.

Elstob font

30 Jul 18:59
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Elstob font Pre-release
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Version 2.000 contains major changes:

  • design changes for a more modern look;
  • OpenType features revised to match those of Junicode as closely as possible;
  • more comprehensive kerning by Kern On;
  • Slant axis for italic variable font;
  • slant of static fonts made less extreme;
  • New Unicode characters added, esp. those for the Ormulum.

Documents that depend on the OpenType features of Elstob 1 may need revision; they may reflow when changed to Elstob 2. Do not rely on this beta version for production work.

Beta2 includes many improvements to spacing and kerning, a new "Spacing" axis, and a new feature ss18, which imitates the spacing of old printed books.

Elstob font

10 Jul 21:11
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Elstob font Pre-release
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Version 2.000 contains major changes:

  1. design changes for a more modern look;
  2. OpenType features revised to match those of Junicode as closely as possible;
  3. more comprehensive kerning by Kern On;
  4. Slant axis for italic variable font;
  5. slant of static fonts made less extreme;
  6. New Unicode characters added, esp. those for the Ormulum.

Documents that depend on the OpenType features of Elstob 1 may need revision; they may reflow when changed to Elstob 2. Do not rely on this beta version for production work; however, I will be grateful for testing and suggestions.

Elstob font

07 May 12:47
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A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but it also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. In version 1.015, some outlines have been refined or corrected, and upright brackets (accessible via cv80) have been added in the italic face.

Elstob font

13 Jan 00:40
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A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but it also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. This version adds capital Quod (U+A758), small cap quod (U+A759 with smcp), versicle (U+2123), and response (U+211F). All the different flavors of the font now come in a single archive, Elstob_v1_014.zip. Be sure to consult the README file to decide which flavor(s) to install!

Elstob font

27 Nov 22:15
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A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but it also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. This version drops the mnemonic codes of earlier releases and adds a collection of entities, similar to HTML entities and accessible via ss10, to do the same work.