Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454175 Summary: Review Request: gfs-nicefore-fonts - GFS Nicefore majuscule Greek font Product: Fedora Version: rawhide Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: medium Component: Package Review AssignedTo: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: nicolas.mailhot@xxxxxxxxxxx QAContact: extras-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx,notting@xxxxxxxxxx Spec URL: http://nim.fedorapeople.org/gfs-nicefore-fonts.spec SRPM URL: http://nim.fedorapeople.org/gfs-nicefore-fonts-20080303-1.fc10.src.rpm Description: As it is known, the Greek alphabet was used in majuscule form for over a millenium before the miniscule letters gradually replaced it until they became the official script in the 9th century A.D. Thereafter, majuscule letters were confined to sparce use as initials or elaborate titles until the Italian Renaissance. The new art of Typography, as well as the need of the humanists to mimic the ancient Greco-Roman period brought back the extensive use of the majuscule letterforms in both Latin and Greek typography. Greek books of the time were printed using the contemporary Byzantine hand with which they combined capital letters modeled on the Roman antiquity, i.e. with thick and thin strokes and serifs. At the same time the byzantine majuscule tradition, principally used on theological editions, remained alive until the early 19th century. GFS Nicefore is a typical byzantine sample of the 5th-7th century period. It has been designed by George D. Matthiopoulos. See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GFS_Nicefore_font -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review