[Pkg-fonts-bugs] ITP: GFS Bodoni Classic - Smart Greek typeface revival

Nicolas Spalinger nicolas_spalinger at sil.org
Fri Apr 27 09:52:11 UTC 2007


Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : ttf-gfs-bodoni-classic
* Version         : 1.0
* Upstream Author : George D. Matthiopoulos
(Greek Font Society)
* URL             :
http://www.greekfontsociety.org/pages/en_typefaces18th.html
* License         : Open Font License
* Description     : Smart Greek typeface revival


Giambattista Bodoni was the most prolific Italian typecutter of the 18th
century. He was among the first European typecutters to move away from
the byzantine cursive tradition with the numerous ligatures which was
the norm until then. His Greek types influenced many subsequent
designers, yet they fell in disuse by the middle of the 19th century.
GFS presented Bodoni's original Greek typeface in the commemorative
edition of Pindar's Olympian Odes (2004), in digital version by George
D. Matthiopoulos, and is now available for the general public. In the
OpenType features, under ligatures, one may alternately use diphthongs
with the accents placed in between the characters, as Giambattista
Bodoni did when setting greek texts.











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