[gfs-olga-fonts] Add metainfo file

Parag Nemade pnemade at fedoraproject.org
Fri Oct 17 11:13:26 UTC 2014


commit c6531c2f87e0fa85820ec18e1f7a6b01b3f7dbd6
Author: Parag Nemade <pnemade at redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Oct 17 16:39:17 2014 +0530

    Add metainfo file

 gfs-olga.metainfo.xml |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright 2014 Parag Nemade <pnemade AT redhat DOT com> -->
+<component type="font">
+  <id>gfs-olga</id>
+  <metadata_license>CC-BY-3.0</metadata_license>
+  <name>GFS Olga</name>
+  <summary>GFS Olga experimental oblique font</summary>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      In Greece the terms italic and oblique have the same meaning since they are
+      borrowed from the latin typographic practice without any real historical
+      equivalent in Greek history. Until the end of the 19th century Greek typefaces
+      were cut and cast indepedently, not as members of a typefamily. The
+      mechanisation of typecutting allowed the transformation of upright Greek
+      typefaces to oblique designs. Nonetheless, the typesetting practice of a
+      cursive Greek font to complement an upright one did not survive the 19th
+      century.
+
+      The experimental font GFS Olga (1995) attempts to revive this lost tradition.
+      The typeface was designed and digitised by George Matthiopoulos, based on the
+      historical Porson Greek type (1803) with the intention to be the companion of
+      the upright GFS Didot font whenever there is a need for an italic alternative.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <updatecontact>pnemade_at_redhat_dot_com</updatecontact>
+  <url type="homepage">http://www.greekfontsociety.gr/pages/en_typefaces20th.html</url>
+</component>


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