CTAN submission: "Day Roman" font

Rainer Schöpf rainer.schoepf at proteosys.com
Tue Jan 14 23:20:16 CET 2003


On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Walter Schmidt wrote:

 > I have uploaded the files
 >
 >  readme.dayroman
 >  day_t1.zip
 >  dayroman.zip
 >
 > to the /incoming directory at dante.ctan.org.  Please,
 > create a new directory fonts/DayRoman and install the files
 > there.  Do _not_ unpack the ZIP archives!
 >
 > Thiese are the free Type1 fonts "Day Roman" and "Day Roman
 > Expert" and the required font metrics, virtual fonts etc.
 > to use them with TeX on the Un*x or PC platform.
 >
 > "Day Roman" is a digitally redrawn version of the "Two Line
 > Double Pica Roman", a typeface designed by 16th century
 > French punchcutter Francois Guyot.  The character set suits
 > today's requirements, including even the Euro.  Use of the
 > historic "long s" is supported as an option.
 >
 > The Type1 fonts are provided for free by Apostrophiclab
 > <http://www.apostrophiclab.com> and may be redistributed, as
 > long as the archive file (day_t1.zip) is kept intact and no
 > money is charged.  (Does this imply that it must be
 > distributed from the "nonfree" branch of the CTAN?)  I have
 > added the font metrics, virtual fonts and FD files, which
 > are released under the LPPL.

Thanks for the upload, I installed the files as requested in

   fonts/DayRoman

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf




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