[Pkg-fonts-bugs] ITP: GFS Porson - Greek font - Porson revival

[Nicolas Spalinger]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : ttf-gfs-porson
  Version         : 1.0
  Upstream Author : Greek Font Society
* URL             : www.greekfontsociety.org/pages/en_typefaces.html
* License         : Open Font License
  Description     : Greek font - Porson revival


Description:
In England, during the 1790’s, Cambridge University Press decided to
procure a new set of Greek types. The university’s great scholar of
Classics, Richard Porson was asked to produce a typeface based on his
handsome handwriting and Richard Austin was commissioned to cut the
types. The type was completed in 1808, after the untimely death of
Porson the previous year. Its success was immediate and since then the
classical editions in Great Britain and the U.S.A. use it, almost
invariably. In 1913, Monotype released the typeface with some
corrections, notably replacing the upright capitals suggested by Porson
with inclined ones. In Greece the typeface was used under the name
Pelasgika type. GFS Porson is based on the Monotype version, though
using upright capitals, as in the original.