[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
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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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