[Pkg-fonts-bugs] ITP: GFS Olga - Ancient Greek oblique font revival (companion to GFS Didot)

[Nicolas Spalinger]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : ttf-gfs-olga
* Version         : 1.0
* Upstream Author : George D. Matthiopoulos
(Greek Font Society)
* URL             :
http://www.greekfontsociety.org/pages/en_typefaces20th.html
* License         : Open Font License
* Description     : Ancient Greek oblique font revival (companion to GFS
Didot)

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.