CTAN update: libertine-type1 and biolinum-type1
Date: November 3, 2012 12:30:57 PM CET
the daemon told me:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: libertine-type1 and biolinum-type1
> Author's name: Bob Tennent
> Package version: 5.3.0 (2012-10-30)
> Location on CTAN: fonts/{libertine-type1,biolinum-type1}/
> Summary description: [pdf]latex support for the Linux Libertine and
> Biolinum families of fonts
> License type: lppl
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> A slanted version of Biolinum bold is provided in lieu of a designed
> italic. Swash and titling variants are dropped because they are
> almost indististinguishable from the regular variants. Encoding files
> are re-named to avoid filename clashes.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/libertine-type1.html
> http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/biolinum-type1.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine-type1/
> http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/biolinum-type1/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
biolinum-type1 – (pdf)LaTeX support for the Biolinum family of fonts
The package (and the companion libertine-type1 package of serif fonts) replaced the libertine-legacy bundle. However, the packages do not provide the range of font shapes available with libertine-legacy.
The package is now superseded by the author’s libertine font package. autoinst script.
Package | biolinum-type1 |
Version | 5.3.0 |
Maintainer | Bob Tennent |