Bug#844985: ITP: fonts-churchslavonic -- This package provides OpenType and TrueType fonts for Church Slavonic (cu)
On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 09:50:47AM +0300, Aleksandr Andreev wrote:
>> * Package name : fonts-churchslavonic
>> * URL : http://sci.ponomar.net/
>> Description : Fonts for Church Slavonic language
>>
>> This package provides OpenType and TrueType fonts for the Church Slavonic (cu)
>> language. Fonts use OpenType and SIL Graphite features and Unicode encoding.
>
> It would be nice if you could extend the description to mention how it
> differs from any other font with a complete coverage of Cyrillic (as opposed
> to WGL-4 which has modern european Cyrillic only).
The package offers six different fonts, which are:
* Ponomar Unicode -- provides the typeface used presently in
liturgical books of the Russian Orthodox Church and other Easter
Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches. Covers all Cyrillic
characters required for modern Church Slavonic as well as Aleut (Fox
Island dialect), Sakha (Yakut) and Moldovan (Romanian Cyrillic).
* Fedorovsk Unicode -- provides the typeface used in historical
printed books in Moscow in the 16th-17th century and used presently in
liturgical books of the Russian Old Ritualist communities. Covers
Cyrillic characters required for modern and 16th century Church
Slavonic.
* Menaion Unicode -- provides a typeface that mimics Church Slavonic
manuscripts (Cyrillic or Glagolitic) written in the 12th-14th
centuries. Covers all Cyrillic and Glagolitic characters needed for
Church Slavonic of all eras. Provides additional variants and
ligatures via OpenType or SIL Graphite features or through the Private
Use Area.
* Monomakh Unicode -- a font intended for use by academics studying
Slavic philology or history. This is not a historically authentic
typeface, but rather a stylized to mimick 14th/15th century Slavonic.
Coverage: all Cyrillic characters needed for Church Slavonic of all
eras, plus various variants and ligatures via OpenType / Graphite
features or through the PUA.
* Indiction Unicode -- a decorative typeface for typesetting drop
caps. Mimics the typeface of drop caps in modern liturgical texts of
the Russian Orthodox Church
* Pomorsky Unicode -- a decorative typeface for typesetting drop caps
or titles. Mimics the decorative script used by scribes at the Old
Ritualist Vyg Hermitage in the 19th century.
Aleksandr
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