New on CTAN: gentium-sil
This new gentium-sil package replaces the previous gentium-tug; gentium-sil is a redistribution of the original SIL release (https://software.sil.org/gentium/), with no changes of any kind. Specifically, it is no longer feasible to continue with the conversion of Gentium to Type 1 that was the purpose of gentium-tug. The original character definitions have intersecting splines, and there is no way to reliably convert them to Type 1. My summary of the situation: https://tug.org/pipermail/gentium/2024q4/000072.html Therefore all we can do here is redistribute the original TrueType fonts. (If anyone would like to come forward to create the necessary support files for pdftex to use the TrueType fonts, that would be welcome.) Any issues and discussion about the redistribution on CTAN, etc., can be sent to the gentium@tug.org mailing list (archives and subscription at https://lists.tug.org/gentium). Problems with the fonts themselves should be reported to SIL; see info at https://software.sil.org/gentium/support. Herbert Voss expects to release a companion gentium-ttf support package soon to provide convenient access to the font features provided in Gentium.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/gentium-sil More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/gentium-sil
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
gentium-sil – A complete Greek font with Latin and Cyrillic, too
This is a redistribution of the original Gentium release from SIL, not altered in any way.
Gentium is a typeface family designed to enable the diverse ethnic groups around the world who use the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts to produce readable, high-quality publications.
The Gentium family includes a complete Greek font, supporting both monotonic and polytonic forms. While some Greek characters do closely resemble Latin ones, it is a separate design that embraces the robust, distinctive character of the Greek script, but does so within the design context of the whole typeface. As a result, the two scripts can be successfully mixed in a paragraph or page of text.
| Package | gentium-sil |
| Version | 6.200 |
| Maintainer | SIL International |