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Re: Replacement suggestions for Century Schoolbook?


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: Replacement suggestions for Century Schoolbook?
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:21:57 +0100 (CET)

>> The font should cover the most important languages used for
>> `classical' vocal music, especially operas.  This includes Italian,
>> German, French, Czech (e.g. Dvořák), Russian (in Cyrillic),
>> English, probably Hungarian (Bartók).  Today it's common that the
>> original language is typeset in upright shape, and a translation in
>> italic, but sometimes it's vice versa.
>>
>> I've also seen a transliteration (using IPA) instead of a
>> translation, so covering the IPA characters for the above languages
>> would be useful also.
> 
> Assuming 4 styles (reg bold italic bold-italic) for that character
> set, I'd estimate $40,000 is a minimum.

Thanks.  However, I have to look up the literature whether bold and
bold-italic are ever used.  Or maybe others have already links to such
a usage?


    Werner



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