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Bugfix release 0.101 of Culmus fonts
by Maxim Iorsh 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

Dear fellows! This release is aimed to repair the long-standing "tet" bug in Nachlieli. Largely due to negligence on my part, this bug used to plague at least two major distributions rendering them practically unusable. I'd like to thank Dotan Kamber, Dovix and Noam Meltzer, people whose deep involvement made it possible to localize the bug and release this fix. As usual, the fonts can be downloaded from the site of the Culmus project: http://culmus.sourceforge.net. With best regards, Maxim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changes from the previous version: Tet bug fixed in Ellinia CLM Light, David CLM Bold, Miriam Mono CLM Bold, Miriam Mono CLM Bold Oblique, Nachlieli CLM Light, Nachlieli CLM Light Oblique. More information is available at http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11502

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Version 0.100 of Culmus fonts released
by Maxim Iorsh 13 Jun '04

13 Jun '04

Shalom rav! With shaking knees I announce hereby the new release of Culmus fonts. This is a major release which contains two new typefaces, which will hopefully compensate for the mess it is about to create. The first typeface is my edition of the classic Miriam typeface, originally attributed to Raphael Frank. The second is a drawing typeface inspired by David Siegel's Tekton. I named it 'Yehuda' in honor of my friend Ilya, who once asked me for some nice comic font. A propos de mess, as you might have expected, the default font sizes did change. After long consideration I decided to reduce the serif fonts (David, Frank, Drugulin) by ~16% and the grotesque fonts (Ellinia, Aharoni, Nachlieli) by ~8%. This doesn't make these fonts fit perfectly their Windows/Mac counterparts, but they are now quite close to each other. Default spacing between lines was enlarged in most fonts (notably in David), to achieve better readability. IMPORTANT NOTE: The fonts now carry new names, with a suffix "CLM". This has been done partially in order to adhere to common conventions, and partially in order to allow people to install the new fonts alongside the old ones and avoid having their documents broken. Those who choose the last option should simply install the new fonts manually from the tarball. For those who wish to upgrade, there is a file culmus.conf installed by the RPM in /etc/fonts. This file doesn't fix the size, but at least it allows fontconfig-enabled software to substitute automatically new font names for the old ones. Ktav Yad has been removed from the main package, because I never liked it. It is available separately from the "Fancy fonts" section at the site. The fonts can be downloaded from the site of the Culmus project: http://culmus.sourceforge.net. With best regards, Maxim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Complete list of changes: 1. Miriam - a new grotesque typeface in medium and bold variations. 2. Yehuda - a new architect typeface in light and bold variations. 3. Ktav Yad discontinued from the main package. 4. Serif typefaces David, Drugulin and Frank Ruehl reduced by 17% to better match Windows/Mac counterparts. 5. Sans-serif typefaces Aharoni, Ellinia and Nachlieli reduced by 8%. 6. Space between lines enlarged in most typefaces to improve readability. 7. All font names now end with "CLM", to avoid confusion with non-Culmus fonts. 8. A new menorah symbol added to Caladings.

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"Comix No2" - a new comic font
by Maxim Iorsh 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

Hello! I have released a new font named "Comix No2". It was designed in the spirit of "MS Comic Sans" to serve for lettering of comic strips. The font comes in two variations: medium and bold. As usual, you are welcome to get it in the "Fancy fonts" section at the Culmus site (http://culmus.sf.net). Best regards, Maxim. P. S. The name of the font suggests, that there also exists "Comix No1". Indeed it was the name of the preliminary version, which was shelved in the course of development.

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Version 0.93 of Culmus fonts released
by Maxim Iorsh 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

Ladies and Gentlemen! At the very last day of the semester, I'm glad to announce the new release of Culmus fonts. This is a minor release which focuses primarily on improving the on-screen presentation and readability. The fonts can be downloaded from the site of the Culmus project: http://culmus.sourceforge.net. In addition, some of you might have noticed that another two fonts were added to the fancy collection about month ago. These are Gan and Ozrad, and I hope you will find them useful. With regards, Maxim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Full list of changes: 1. Frank Ruehl family redrawn, together with punctuation and numerals. 2. Nachlieli family hinted to enhance the on-screen look. 3. Slash in David family was redrawn. 4. Missing "ayin" in Drugulin Bold was fixed. 5. ".notdef" character added to all the above fonts, to improve compliance with standards.

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"Gan" - a new fancy font
by Maxim Iorsh 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hello! I have just released a new font named "Gan". You are welcome to get it in the "Fancy fonts" section at the Culmus site (http://culmus.sf.net). Best regards, Maxim.

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Frank-Ruehl approaches the finish line...
by Maxim Iorsh 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Ladies and Gentlemen! Yesterday I released in the Developers' section a new version of FrankRuehl typeface, in normal and bold variations. This release includes a major typefacelifting :) to both fonts, i. e. various visual fixes, implementations of all characters requested or required for any reason, and kerning. This release has all chances to become final, unless I get some bug reports. Best regards, Maxim.

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"Ozrad" - a new fancy font
by Maxim Iorsh 04 Dec '03

04 Dec '03

Hello! I have just released a new font named "Ozrad". You are welcome to get it in the "Fancy fonts" section at the Culmus site (http://culmus.sf.net). Best regards, Maxim.

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TeX-specific release of Frank-Ruehl
by Maxim Iorsh 25 Oct '03

25 Oct '03

Hello! Following a conversation with Ron Artstein on the Ivritex mailing list, I'm releasing a new preview of the Frank-Ruehl typeface. This release fixes an aleph-lamed ligature issue and adds opening/closing quotes, en-dash, en-dash, pound and euro signs. I also decided to lower gershayim a little bit, such that they look identically to closing upper quotes, but are located ~5% lower. I'm not sure whether it makes any difference, but so it is. Please let me know your objections or comments. I also intend to redraw numerals and punctuation, but it will take time. Best regards, Maxim.

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A new product line from Culmus project ;-)
by Maxim Iorsh 21 Sep '03

21 Sep '03

Hello everybody! I'd like to announce the new collection of fancy fonts from the Culmus project. These fonts are not included in the main package (and most of them will never be) and are available for separate download. Right now there are just two, but there will be more. Please visit the project site (http://culmus.sf.net) and enter the section "Fancy fonts" to get them. Enjoy! Best regards, Maxim.

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Bugfix release of Culmus fonts
by Maxim Iorsh 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Hello! I have just released an updated package for Culmus fonts (0.90-2), which fixes an issue with Open Office (there were problems with display/printing of Nachlieli and Ellinia). Best regards, Maxim. P. S. I'd like to thank Shoshannah Forbes who kindly brought this bug to my attention.

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