[Pkg-fonts-bugs] ITP: GFS Didot - Greek font family

[Nicolas Spalinger]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : ttf-gfs-didot-classic
* Version         : 1.000
* Upstream Author : George Matthiopoulos (Greek Font Society)
* URL             :
http://www.greekfontsociety.org/pages/en_typefaces19th.html
* License         : Open Font License
* Description     : Greek font family (Classic Didot revival)

Under the influence of the neoclassical ideals of the late 18th century,
the famous French typecutter Firmin Didot in Paris designed a new Greek
typeface (1805) which was immediately used in the publishing programme
of Adamantios Korai, the prominent intellectual figure of the Greek
diaspora and leading scholar of the Greek Enlightenment. The typeface
eventually arrived in Greece, with the field press which came with
Didot’s grandson Ambroise Firmin Didot, during the Greek Revolution in
1821. Since then the typeface has enjoyed an unrivaled success as the
type of choice for almost every kind of publication until the last
decades of the 20th century. Didot's original type design, as it is
documented in publications during the first decades of the 19th century,
was digitized and revived by George D. Matthiopoulos in 2006 for a
project of the Department of Literature in the School of Philosophy at
the University of Thessaloniki, and is now available for general use.