<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear TeXers,<br class=""><br class="">I still cannot believe we made it: TUG 2020 was held despite epidemics<br class="">and lockdowns. Three days of non-stop discussions, talks, and even<br class="">virtual social events. It would not have been possible without the<br class="">energy and dedication of the Conference Committee, the session chairs,<br class="">the speakers and the audience - as well as the generous help of our<br class="">sponsors. The videos of the presentations are being edited. You will<br class="">find them eventually at <a href="https://tug.org/tug2020" class="">https://tug.org/tug2020</a>.<br class=""><br class="">The next issue of TUGboat will be the Proceedings issue. While<br class="">working on it, we are also starting to accept papers for the following<br class="">issue - the deadline is October 15.<br class=""><br class="">Speaking of TUGboat, many of us enjoyed Peter Wilson's columns in the<br class="">journal. TUG is pleased to announce the publication of the collection<br class="">of these columns in book form. The book, Glisterings, is available<br class="">from the TUG store - <a href="https://tug.org/store/glisterings/" class="">https://tug.org/store/glisterings/</a> - and other<br class="">outlets.<br class=""><br class="">The attendees of TUG 2020 had a great opportunity to listen to Amelia<br class="">Hugill-Fontanel's lecture on type specimens. If the subject interests<br class="">you, you might want to attend the (online) 2020 Awayzgoose conference on<br class="">wood type, letterpress, and all things type, organized by Hamilton Wood<br class="">Type & Printing Museum together with the American Printing History<br class="">Association, Nov. 5-8: <a href="https://woodtype.org/pages/wayzgoose" class="">https://woodtype.org/pages/wayzgoose</a>.<br class=""><br class="">New packages on CTAN in July (more info for all at <a href="https://ctan.org/pkg" class="">https://ctan.org/pkg</a>):<br class=""><br class="">- beamerthemenord, a simple beamer theme using the `Nord' color theme<br class="">- bubblesort, bubble sorts a list<br class="">- charissil, CharisSIL fonts with LaTeX support<br class="">- chhaya, linguistic glossing in Marathi language<br class="">- edichokey, typeset dichotomous identification keys<br class="">- ekdosis, typesetting TEI XML-compliant critical editions<br class="">- exesheet, typesetting exercise or exam sheets<br class="">- expkv-opt, parse class and package options with expkv<br class="">- ibarra, LaTeX support for the Ibarra Real Nova family of fonts<br class="">- install-latex-guide-zh-cn, a short introduction to LaTeX installation,<br class=""> written in Chinese<br class="">- ltx4yt, lay YouTube videos in the default browser<br class="">- membranecomputing, membrane computing notation<br class="">- nimsticks, draws sticks for games of multi-pile Nim<br class="">- schooldocs, various layout styles for school documents<br class="">- tikzpackets, display network packets<br class="">- tlmgrbasics, simplified documentation for tlmgr<br class="">- verifiche, a LaTeX package to typeset (Italian) high school tests<br class="">- xml2pmx, convert MusicXML to PMX and MusiXTeX<br class="">- zztex, a full-featured TeX macro package for producing books,<br class=""> journals, and manuals<br class=""><br class="">In other CTAN news: a(n optional) provision in the Open Font License<br class="">forbids repackaging fonts in another format without changing the font<br class="">name. (Specifically, the "Reserved Font Name" clause, which font authors<br class="">may or may not choose to use, at their option.) Notably for the TeX<br class="">world, this applies to the translation of OpenType and TrueType fonts to<br class="">Type 1. Bob Tennent has updated a number of his font support packages to<br class="">comply with the license (by changing the font name for Type 1 fonts).<br class="">All support packages for OFL-licensed fonts should check on this.<br class=""><br class="">Happy TeXing!<br class="">Boris Veytsman<br class="">TUG President<br class=""></div></body></html>