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diff --git a/system/ttf-paratype-pt-fonts/README b/system/ttf-paratype-pt-fonts/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..551e37c317 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/ttf-paratype-pt-fonts/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +The Public Type (PT) fonts are free OFL licensed fonts released in +2009-2011 by the ParaType company. They consists of PT Sans (includes 8 +styles), PT Serif (6 styles), and PT Mono (2 styles) families. + +The fonts cover a long list of Eurasian languages based on Latin and +Cyrillic scripts. + +The PT fonts were primarily designed by Alexandra Korolkova. + +The texlive-fonts package contains a different variant of PT fonts in +/usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/paratype/ +The present package contains fonts with the truetype specific +hhea-metrics adapted for linux environment. + +PT fonts are primarily designed to be used with subpixel hinting (aka +ClearType) activated. + +When using subpixel hinting, it is recommended to disable embedded +bitmaps for these fonts by using the following fontconfig setting: + +<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign"> + <bool>false</bool> +</edit> |