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Information for build gfs-neohellenic-fonts-20090918-16.fc31

ID122195
Package Namegfs-neohellenic-fonts
Version20090918
Release16.fc31
Epoch
SummaryA 20th century Greek typeface
DescriptionThe design of new Greek typefaces always followed the growing needs of the Classical Studies in the major European Universities. Furthermore, by the end of the 19th century bibliology had become an established section of Historical Studies, and, as John Bowman commented, the prevailing attitude was that Greek types should adhere to a lost idealized, yet undefined, greekness of yore. Especially in Great Britain this tendency remained unchallenged in the first decades of the 20th century, both by Richard Proctor, curator of the incunabula section in the British Museum Library and his successor Victor Scholderer. In 1927, Scholderer, on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Greek Studies, got involved in choosing and consulting the design and production of a Greek type called New Hellenic cut by the Lanston Monotype Corporation. He chose the revival of a round, and almost monoline type which had first appeared in 1492 in the edition of Macrobius, ascribable to the printing shop of Giovanni Rosso (Joannes Rubeus) in Venice. New Hellenic was the only successful typeface in Great Britain after the introduction of Porson Greek well over a century before. The type, since to 1930’s, was also well received in Greece, albeit with a different design for Ksi and Omega. GFS digitized the typeface (1993-1994) funded by the Athens Archeological Society with the addition of a new set of epigraphical symbols. Later (2000) more weights were added (italic, bold and bold italic) as well as a latin version.
Built bydavidlt
State complete
Volume DEFAULT
StartedFri, 09 Aug 2019 07:55:44 UTC
CompletedFri, 09 Aug 2019 07:55:44 UTC
Tags
f31
f32
f33
RPMs
src
gfs-neohellenic-fonts-20090918-16.fc31.src.rpm (info) (download)
noarch
gfs-neohellenic-fonts-20090918-16.fc31.noarch.rpm (info) (download)
Changelog * Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20090918-16 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jan 31 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20090918-15 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20090918-14 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20090918-13 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild * Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20090918-12 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild