[texhax] GFS Didot Old Style Figures Issue
Alessandro Ceschini
alescesc1986 at yahoo.it
Sat May 17 11:57:11 CEST 2014
> The documentation for gfsdidot says:
>
> The design of Didot's 1805 Greek typeface was influenced by the
> neoclassical ideals of the late 18th century. The font was brought
> to Greece at the time of the 1821 Greek Revolution, by Didot's
> son, and was very widely used. The present version is provided by
> the Greek Font Society.
>
> otfinfo -f GFSDidot.otf
>
> tells us that this font at least has both lining figures and
> oldstyle figures. You can select which you want using fontspec and
> xelatex.
>
> Bob T.
As you said in your previous message, text figures are available only in
the regular style, not in the bold one. My question, again, is: is this
OK in typography to have a document with text figures throughout the
text but lining figures in bold style?
Thanks
--
/Alessandro Ceschini/
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