[tei-council] Jenkins builder script now working

[Martin Holmes]

Hi Sebastian,

On 12-06-14 08:48 AM, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>
> On 14 Jun 2012, at 16:32, Martin Holmes wrote:
>>
>> Currently, the font family only comes in Libertine Serif, which like most all alternative serifs is designed to emulate Times New Roman.
>>
> yes, it seems to be more or less metric compatible
> ...
>>
>> Poll recommends Libertine primarily for print work, and says other Linux fonts such as Deja Vu Serif work better for screen displays.
>
> it is a moot question as to whether our PDF is designed for screen or print.

>> <http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/a-web-designers-guide-to-linux-fonts/>
>>
>> One approach would be to get a distinct list of all the characters in the Glines which are rendered using Times New Roman, and check them against what's in Libertine. That would be relatively straightforward for me if the PDFs were being created with XSL:FO, but LaTeX is a mystery to me.
>
> isdry-pro:public rahtz$ grep -i missing ~/TEI/Sourceforge/trunk/P5/Guidelines.log  | sort -u
>
> Missing character: There is no ƿ in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no ȝ in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 三 in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 可 in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 外 in font Linux Libertine O/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 孔 in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 字 in font Linux Libertine O/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 小 in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 欄 in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 沢 in font Linux Libertine O/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 淳 in font Linux Libertine O/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 的 in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 藤 in font Linux Libertine O/ICU!
> Missing character: There is no 見 in font DejaVu Sans Mono/ICU!

I did this on an old log built with Times:

mholmes at spud-2012:~/WorkData/tei/sf_repo/trunk/P5$ grep -i "in font 
Times New Roman" Guidelines.log  | sort -u
Missing character: There is no ⁰ in font Times New Roman/ICU!
Missing character: There is no ⁶ in font Times New Roman/ICU!
Missing character: There is no ̧ in font Times New Roman Italic/ICU!
Missing character: There is no 外 in font Times New Roman/ICU!
Missing character: There is no 字 in font Times New Roman/ICU!
Missing character: There is no 沢 in font Times New Roman/ICU!
Missing character: There is no 淳 in font Times New Roman/ICU!
Missing character: There is no 藤 in font Times New Roman/ICU!

So these problems are pre-existing. In fact Libertine seems to be doing 
a better job. These should all be rendered with Kincho or Ming anyway, 
shouldn't they?

> but now one has to find the damned things. the SansMono characters are in examples, the Libertine
> ones in normal prose

They presumably need tagging with @xml:lang to get the right font?

>> I think Libertine is a lovely font, actually.
>>
> if its a copy of Times, that hardly seems possible :-}

 From an interview with the designer:

Q: — The Libertine family is based on Times New Roman.
A: — Well, not quite. To be honest I absolutely dislike Times. The Times 
font was developed in the 1930ies to be readable on cheap, stained paper 
at weak illumination. It absolutely lacks livelyness and grace and is 
much overused. The link to the times is in fact my intention to create a 
font, that is so generally usable just like the Times.

Cheers,
Martin

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Martin Holmes
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(mholmes at uvic.ca)