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  2. \documentclass[11pt]{article}
  3. \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry
  4. \usepackage[parfill]{parskip}% Begin paragraphs with an empty line, no indent
  5. \pdfmapfile{=ETbb.map}
  6. \usepackage{multicol}
  7. \usepackage{enumitem}
  8. \setlist[description]{style=sameline,font=\mdseries\scshape}
  9. \setlength\unitlength{1pt}% for picture
  10. \usepackage{booktabs}
  11. \usepackage{graphicx}
  12. \usepackage{xcolor}
  13. \usepackage{upquote}
  14. \usepackage{fancyvrb}
  15. \usepackage{trace}
  16. \def\yellow#1{\setlength{\fboxrule}{0pt}%
  17. \setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}%
  18. \colorbox{yellow}{#1}}
  19. %SetFonts
  20. %ETbb plus newtxmath
  21. \usepackage[lining]{ETbb}
  22. \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
  23. \usepackage[scaled=.95,type1]{cabin}
  24. \usepackage[varqu,varl]{zi4}% typewriter
  25. \usepackage[libertine,vvarbb]{newtxmath}
  26. %\usepackage[bb=boondox,frak=boondox]{mathalfa}
  27. %SetFonts
  28. \font\altr=ETbb1-Regular-tlf-t1 at 11pt
  29. \font\altrsc=ETbb1-Regular-tlf-sc-t1 at 11pt
  30. \usepackage{pgffor}
  31. \usepackage{etoolbox}
  32. %\usepackage{lipsum}
  33. \makeatletter
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  51. }
  52. \setlength\unitlength{.1088bp}
  53. \usepackage{scalefnt}
  54. \usepackage{fonttable}
  55. \usepackage{url,hyperref}
  56. \title{The \textbf{ETbb} package---Edward Tufte's version of Bembo}
  57. \author{Michael Sharpe}
  58. \date{}
  59. %\pagestyle{empty}
  60. \begin{document}
  61. %\SS \ss \textsc{\ss} \MakeUppercase{\ss}
  62. \maketitle
  63. \section*{Background}
  64. The fonts in this package were derived ultimately from the collection of fonts commissioned by Edward Tufte for his own books, and released in 2015 as {\tt ET-Bembo} under the MIT license. (The sources for that collection were fonts using the family name ET-book.) That collection was enhanced in 2019 under the name {\tt XETBook} by Daniel Benjamin Miller, and it is his package which was the starting point for {\tt ETbb}, where the {\tt bb} denotes the Berry abbreviation for Bembo. The final section of this document makes a detailed comparison with the earlier {\tt fbb} package, which is also Bembo-like, derived from {\tt Cardo.} The most significant differences are that {\tt ETbb} has a regular upright that is about 20\% darker than the corresponding {\tt fbb}, and its ascender height is noticeably less. These differences make {\tt ETbb} have a less spindly appearance that is closer in spirit to the print produced by traditional metal versions of Bembo.
  65. \section*{Package properties}
  66. The package makes a number of changes to the {\tt XETBook} fonts:
  67. \begin{itemize}
  68. \item The released version of ET-Bembo lacks kerning tables---a serious omission---rectified in {\tt ETbb}.
  69. \item
  70. The scale has been increased by 3.36\% so that the x-height of the upright regular face is 431, very close to Computer Modern and Libertine.
  71. \item The lining figures in some faces were reduced so as to be a bit less than the cap-heights.
  72. \item The lining figures in {\tt XETBook} were proportional rather than tabular. I've added new tabular lining and old-style figures.
  73. \item Added superior letters and figures to all faces. E.g., \verb|\textsu{ABCabc123}| renders as \textsu{ABCabc123}.
  74. \item Added inferior figures to all faces with baseline at -112{\tt em}.
  75. \item Added denominator figures to all faces with baseline at 0{\tt em}.
  76. \item The originals comprised glyphs in the Adobe Standard Encoding, forming a rather sparse subset of the T1 encoding. I've added accented and composite glyphs that provide complete coverage of the T1 encoding as well as many glyphs required in the orthography of a number Eastern European countries.
  77. \item Prior to version 1.02, coverage of TS$1$ encoding was meager. The coverage is now close to full. (See the table at the end of this document.)
  78. \item Small caps have been added to all faces.
  79. \item There is a new glyph for the German capital sharp S ({\altr\char223}, \textit{gro\ss es eszett}, {\tt U+1E9E}), approved in 2017 for optional use in German orthography. Small cap versions are also provided.
  80. \item The glyph capital P has been changed from its default closed shape, as used in almost all modern digital renderings of Bembo, to the more historically accurate open shape. See, for example, the reproduction of Pietro Bembo's \textit{De Aetna} at \\
  81. \url{https://ia601405.us.archive.org/34/items/ita-bnc-ald-00000673-001/ita-bnc-ald-00000673-001.pdf}.\\
  82. (A higher resolution rendering of a two-page sample is available from \url{https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/De_Aetna_1495.jpg.})
  83. \end{itemize}
  84. \section*{Package options and macros}
  85. This package has most of the same features and options as the {\tt fbb} package and even includes the {\tt altP} option, though that has no effect because the alternate P shapes in {\tt fbb} are the default in {\tt ETbb}.
  86. In the original {\tt XETBook}, the dollar and cent currency symbols were oldstyle. I've added the new style symbols and made them the default, but option {\tt osdollar} to {\tt ETbb} changes back to the oldstyle symbols.
  87. \textbf{New in version $1.05$:} A swash version of Q has been added to all faces. You may enable it globally using option {\tt swashQ} to {\tt ETbb}, or specify it locally with the macro \verb|\Qswash|, which renders as \Qswash. This document did not specify option {\tt swashQ}. If you had enabled it globally, you have access to the ordinary Q with the macro \verb|\Qnoswash|. You may find it simpler to use the macro \verb|\altQ| which renders Q as ordinary Q if you had specified option {\tt swashQ} and as \altQ\ if not.
  88. Text figures may be selected from four types:
  89. \begin{itemize}
  90. \item
  91. Proportional lining (LF), selected by options {\tt lining, proportional [or p]}; ({\tt lining}, or {\tt lf}, is the default figure style;)
  92. \item
  93. Tabular lining (TLF), selected by options {\tt lining [or lf], tabular [or t]}; ({\tt tabular} is the default figure alignment;)
  94. \item
  95. Proportional oldstyle (OsF), selected by option {\tt oldstyle [or osf], proportional [or p]};
  96. \item
  97. Tabular oldstyle (TOsF), selected by options {\tt oldstyle [or osf], tabular [or t]}.
  98. \end{itemize}
  99. The package also defines macros that allow you use alternate figure styles locally:
  100. \begin{center}
  101. \begin{tabular}{@{} lll @{}}
  102. \toprule
  103. Macro & result & comment \\
  104. \midrule
  105. \verb|\textlf{0123456789}| &\textlf{0123456789} & print 0123456789 in proportional lining figures\\
  106. \verb|\texttlf{0123456789}|&\texttlf{0123456789}& print 0123456789 in tabular lining figures\\
  107. \verb|\textosf{0123456789}| &\textosf{0123456789}& print 0123456789 in proportional oldstyle figures\\
  108. \verb|\texttosf{0123456789}| &\texttosf{0123456789}& print 0123456789 in tabular oldstyle figures\\
  109. \verb|\textsu{0123456789}| &\textsu{0123456789}& print 0123456789 in superior figures\\
  110. \verb|\textinf{0123456789}| &\textinf{0123456789}& print 0123456789 in inferior figures\\
  111. \verb|\textde{0123456789}| &\textde{0123456789}& print 0123456789 in denominator figures\\
  112. \bottomrule
  113. \end{tabular}
  114. \end{center}
  115. The macro \verb|\textlf{123}| is identical in effect to \verb|{\lfstyle 123}|, and similarly for the other lining and oldstyle macros, while \verb|\textsu{123}| has the same effect as \verb|{\sufigures 123}|
  116. and \verb|\textinf{123}| has the same effect as \verb|{\infigures 123}|.
  117. If you prefer typing longer names, you may use \verb|\textinferior| as a synonym for \verb|\textinf|, and similarly for \verb|\textsu|. Likewise,
  118. \verb|\textde{123}| has the same effect as \verb|{\defigures 123}| or \verb|{\denomfigures 123}|, and you may use \verb|\textdenom| as a synonym for \verb|\textde|. Note the difference in baseline between \verb|\textinf| and \verb|\textde|: \textinf{123} versus \textde{123}.
  119. The \verb|\textfrac| macro constructs fractions using \verb|\textsu| and \verb|\textde| with baseline aligned with the text baseline. The behavior is somewhat configurable, there being two parameters available to control the kerns before and after the fraction solidus. The two parameters are passed as options to {\tt ETbb}, named
  120. \begin{verbatim}
  121. foresolidus % default value -.05em
  122. aftsolidus % default value -.05em
  123. \end{verbatim}
  124. %raisefrac % default value 0em
  125. (The values should always be {\tt em} or {\tt ex} units in order to behave correctly with respect to scaling.)
  126. %If you were to change the default behavior with the option
  127. %\begin{verbatim}
  128. %raisefrac=-112em
  129. %\end{verbatim}
  130. %you would get a fraction with the denominator's baseline at the baseline of the \verb|\textin| figures, namely {\tt -.112em}.
  131. %%Those who wish the fractional part to be vertically centered with respect to lining figures should specify
  132. %%\begin{verbatim}
  133. %%raisefrac=-.056em
  134. %%\end{verbatim}
  135. %All the above have to do with globally defined settings for \verb|\textfrac|, but that macro allows one optional argument that can override the effect of {\tt raisefrac}, with, e.g., \verb|\textfrac[.1em][6}{11}| raising the fraction 6/11 by {\tt .1em} instead of the default specified in the original options.
  136. \textsc{Example:}\\
  137. $\bullet$ \verb|\textfrac[2]{17}{32}| renders as \textfrac[2]{17}{32} with default settings. (The optional argument 2 will always print in lining figures, no matter the choice of the text figure style.)\\
  138. If you load the {\tt ETbb} package by means of option {\tt etbb} to the {\tt newtx} package, version 1.71 or higher, there is a stacked fraction construction available using the macro \verb|\textsfrac| which behaves like \verb|\textfrac| except with the fractional part stacked vertically rather than diagonally. See the {\tt newtx} documentation for details and examples.
  139. %$\bullet$ \verb|2\textfrac[.053em]{17}{32}| produces a fraction centered on the mid-height of lining figures: 2\textfrac[.053em]{17}{32}.\\
  140. %$\bullet$ \verb|2\textfrac[0em]{17}{32}| produces a fraction with numerator and denominator at the normal heights of superior and inferior figures: 2\textfrac[0em]{17}{32}.\\
  141. %The \verb|\textfrac| macro uses spacing control for each individual digit, one for the numerator and one for the denominator. It is optimized for regular weight, upright shape, but works satisfactorily in bold weight, upright shape. Italic shapes are not handled with any precision. Currently, the spacing settings are specified by two macros in {\tt ETbb.sty}: \verb|\tx@addNkern| and \verb|\tx@addDkern| for numerator and denominator respectively. These may be redefined in your preamble after loading the {\tt ETbb} package with a block like
  142. %\begin{verbatim}
  143. %\makeatletter
  144. %\renewcommand*{\tx@addNkern}[1]{%
  145. %.
  146. %.
  147. %.
  148. %}
  149. %\renewcommand*{\tx@addDkern}[1]{%
  150. %.
  151. %.
  152. %.
  153. %}
  154. %\end{verbatim}
  155. %following the pattern of the definitions in {|tt ETbb.sty}. You should be careful to follow those patterns precisely, as it is very easy to introduce inadvertent space characters in the output.
  156. Option {\tt sups} changes the form of footnote markers to use {\tt ETbb}'s superior figures, unless you have redefined the meaning of \verb|\thefootnote| prior to loading {\tt ETbb}. For more control over size, spacing and position of footnote markers, use the \textsf{superiors} package: E.g.,
  157. \begin{verbatim}
  158. \usepackage[supstfm=ETbb-Regular-sup-t1]{superiors}
  159. \end{verbatim}
  160. Option {\tt sharpS} replaces {\tt SS} in the {\tt T1} encoding by the new {\tt U+1E9E} glyph and replaces the small cap \textsc{ss} by the small cap version of\hspace{.5em}{\tt U+1E9E}. Only figure-styles {\tt TLF}, {\tt LF}, {\tt OsF} and {\tt TOsF} are handled, and only in the {\tt T1} encoding.
  161. %\SS \ss \textsc{\ss}. {\usefont{T1}{ETbb-TLF}{m}{n}\SS\ss}
  162. Option {\tt scosf} forces the use of {\tt OsF} figures in a small caps block, no matter what the default figure settings.
  163. There is a {\tt scaled [or scale]} option (\emph{e.g.}, {\tt scaled=.97}) that allow you to adjust the text size against, say, a math package.
  164. \section*{A suggested math companion}
  165. This text package works well with {\tt newtxmath} with the {\tt libertine} option, because the latter has italics of the same italic angle as {\tt ETbb} and of very similar xheight and weight. If you have the MinionPro fonts (version 2.0 or higher) and have set them up with \textsf{FontPro} and the {\tt minion2newtx} \textsc{ctan} package, then the {\tt minion} option to {\tt newtxmath} provides a very good math companion with better Greek letters than {\tt libertine}. The suggested invocation for {\tt libertine} math is:
  166. \begin{verbatim}
  167. % load babel package and options here
  168. \usepackage[p,osf]{ETbb} % osf in text, tabular lining figures in math
  169. \usepackage[scaled=.95,type1]{cabin} % sans serif in style of Gill Sans
  170. \usepackage[varqu,varl]{zi4}% inconsolata typewriter
  171. \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % LY1 also works
  172. \usepackage[libertine,vvarbb]{newtxmath}
  173. %\usepackage[cal=boondoxo,bb=boondox,frak=boondox]{mathalfa}
  174. \end{verbatim}
  175. Here is a short sample based on this preamble:\\[4pt]
  176. \def\Pr{\ensuremath{\mathbb{P}}}
  177. \def\rmd{\mathrm{d}}
  178. The typeset math below follows the ISO recommendations that only variables
  179. be set in italic. Note the use of upright shapes for $\rmd$, $\mathrm{e}$
  180. and $\uppi$. (The first two are entered as \verb|\mathrm{d}| and
  181. \verb|\mathrm{e}|, and in fonts derived from {\tt newtxmath} or {\tt mtpro2},
  182. the latter is entered as \verb|\uppi|.)
  183. \textbf{Simplest form of the \textit{Central Limit Theorem}:} \textit{Let
  184. $X_1$, $X_2,\cdots$ be a sequence of iid random variables with mean $0$
  185. and variance $1$ on a probability space $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\Pr)$. Then}
  186. \[\Pr\left(\frac{X_1+\cdots+X_n}{\sqrt{n}}\le y\right)\to\mathfrak{N}(y)\coloneq
  187. \int_{-\infty}^y \frac{\mathrm{e}^{-t^2/2}}{\sqrt{2\uppi}}\,
  188. \mathrm{d}t\quad\mbox{as $n\to\infty$,}\]
  189. \textit{or, equivalently, letting} $S_n\coloneq\sum_1^n X_k$,
  190. \[\mathbb{E} f(S_n/\sqrt{n})\to \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(t)
  191. \frac{\mathrm{e}^{-t^2/2}}{\sqrt{2\uppi}}\,\mathrm{d}t
  192. \quad\mbox{as $n\to\infty$, for every $f\in\mathrm{b}
  193. \mathcal{C}(\mathbb{R})$.}\]
  194. %\section{Text effects under \texttt{fontaxes}}
  195. %This package loads the {\tt fontaxes} package in order to access italic small caps. You should pay attention to the fact that {\tt fontaxes} modifies the behavior of some basic \LaTeX\ text macros such as \verb|\textsc| and \verb|\textup|. Under normal \LaTeX, some text effects are combined, so that, for example, \verb|\textbf{\textit{a}}| produces bold italic {\tt a}, while other effects are not, eg, \verb|\textsc{\textup{a}}| has the same effect as \verb|\textup{a}|, producing the letter {\tt a} in upright, not small cap, style. With {\tt fontaxes}, \verb|\textsc{\textup{a}}| produces instead upright small cap {\tt a}. It offers a macro \verb|\textulc| that undoes small caps, so that, eg, \verb|\textsc{\textulc{a}}| produces {\tt a} in non-small cap mode, with whatever other style choices were in force, such as bold or italics.
  196. %\section{Superior figures}
  197. %The TrueType versions of GaramondNo8 have a full set of superior figures, unlike their PostScript counterparts. The superior figure glyphs in regular weight only have been copied to \texttt{NewG8-sups.pfb} and \texttt{NewG8-sups.afm} and provided with a tfm named \texttt{NewG8-sups.tfm} that can be used by the \textsf{superiors} package to provide adjustable footnote markers. See \textsf{superiors-doc.pdf} (you can find it in \TeX Live by typing \texttt{texdoc superiors} in a Terminal window.) The simplest invocation is
  198. %\begin{verbatim}
  199. %\usepackage[supstfm=NewG8-sups]{superiors}
  200. %\end{verbatim}
  201. \section*{Glyphs in TS1 encoding}
  202. The layout of the TS1 encoded Text Companion font, which is rendered \emph{in regular style only}, is as follows.
  203. \fonttable{ETbb-Regular-tosf-ts1}
  204. \textbf{List of macros to access the TS1 symbols in text mode:}\\
  205. %(Note that slots 0--12 and 26--29 are accents, used like \verb|\t{a}| for a tie accent over the letter a. Slots 23 and 31 do not contain visible glyphs, but have heights indicated by their names.)
  206. (The commented lines are in {\tt fbb} but not {\tt ETbb}.)
  207. \begin{verbatim}
  208. 0 \capitalgrave
  209. 1 \capitalacute
  210. 2 \capitalcircumflex
  211. 3 \capitaltilde
  212. 4 \capitaldieresis
  213. 5 \capitalhungarumlaut
  214. 6 \capitalring
  215. 7 \capitalcaron
  216. 8 \capitalbreve
  217. 9 \capitalmacron
  218. 10 \capitaldotaccent
  219. 11 \capitalcedilla
  220. 12 \capitalogonek
  221. 13 \textquotestraightbase
  222. 18 \textquotestraightdblbase
  223. 21 \texttwelveudash
  224. 22 \textthreequartersemdash
  225. 23 \textcapitalcompwordmark
  226. 24 \textleftarrow
  227. 25 \textrightarrow
  228. 26 \t % tie accent, skewed right
  229. 27 \capitaltie % skewed right
  230. 28 \newtie % tie accent centered
  231. 29 \capitalnewtie % ditto
  232. 31 \textascendercompwordmark
  233. 32 \textblank
  234. 36 \textdollar
  235. 39 \textquotesingle
  236. 42 \textasteriskcentered
  237. 45 \textdblhyphen
  238. 47 \textfractionsolidus
  239. 48 \textzerooldstyle
  240. 49 \textoneoldstyle
  241. 50 \texttwooldstyle
  242. 49 \textthreeoldstyle
  243. 50 \textfouroldstyle
  244. 51 \textfiveoldstyle
  245. 52 \textsixoldstyle
  246. 53 \textsevenoldstyle
  247. 54 \texteightoldstyle
  248. 55 \textnineoldstyle
  249. 60 \textlangle
  250. 61 \textminus
  251. 62 \textrangle
  252. 77 \textmho
  253. 79 \textbigcircle
  254. 87 \textohm
  255. 91 \textlbrackdbl
  256. 93 \textrbrackdbl
  257. 94 \textuparrow
  258. 95 \textdownarrow
  259. 96 \textasciigrave
  260. 98 \textborn
  261. 99 \textdivorced
  262. 100 \textdied
  263. 108 \textleaf
  264. 109 \textmarried
  265. %110 \textmusicalnote
  266. 126 \texttildelow
  267. 127 \textdblhyphenchar
  268. 128 \textasciibreve
  269. 129 \textasciicaron
  270. %130 \textacutedbl
  271. %131 \textgravedbl
  272. 132 \textdagger
  273. 133 \textdaggerdbl
  274. 134 \textbardbl
  275. 135 \textperthousand
  276. 136 \textbullet
  277. 137 \textcelsius
  278. 138 \textdollaroldstyle
  279. 139 \textcentoldstyle
  280. 140 \textflorin
  281. 141 \textcolonmonetary
  282. 142 \textwon
  283. 143 \textnaira
  284. 144 \textguarani
  285. 145 \textpeso
  286. 146 \textlira
  287. 147 \textrecipe
  288. 148 \textinterrobang
  289. 149 \textinterrobangdown
  290. 150 \textdong
  291. 151 \texttrademark
  292. 152 \textpertenthousand
  293. 153 \textpilcrow
  294. 154 \textbaht
  295. 155 \textnumero
  296. 156 \textdiscount
  297. 157 \textestimated
  298. 158 \textopenbullet
  299. 159 \textservicemark
  300. 160 \textlquill
  301. 161 \textrquill
  302. 162 \textcent
  303. 163 \textsterling
  304. 164 \textcurrency
  305. 165 \textyen
  306. 166 \textbrokenbar
  307. 167 \textsection
  308. 168 \textasciidieresis
  309. 169 \textcopyright
  310. 170 \textordfeminine
  311. 171 \textcopyleft
  312. 172 \textlnot
  313. 173 \textcircledP
  314. 174 \textregistered
  315. 175 \textasciimacron
  316. 176 \textdegree
  317. 177 \textpm
  318. 178 \texttwosuperior
  319. 179 \textthreesuperior
  320. 180 \textasciiacute
  321. 181 \textmu
  322. 182 \textparagraph
  323. 183 \textperiodcentered
  324. 184 \textreferencemark
  325. 185 \textonesuperior
  326. 186 \textordmasculine
  327. 187 \textsurd
  328. 188 \textonequarter
  329. 189 \textonehalf
  330. 190 \textthreequarters
  331. 191 \texteuro
  332. 214 \texttimes
  333. 246 \textdiv
  334. %\end{verbatim}
  335. There is a macro \verb|\textcircled| that may be used to construct a circled version of a single letter using \verb|\textbigcircle|. The letter is always constructed from the small cap version, so, in effect, you can only construct circled uppercase letters: \verb|\textcircled{M}| and \verb|\textcircled{m}| have the same effect, namely~\textcircled{M}.
  336. \section*{Usage with fontspec}
  337. Because the package supplies a file named {\tt ETbb.fontspec} whose contents list the {\tt otf} files that correspond to each of Regular, Bold, Italic and BoldItalic, you may load {\tt ETbb} with just
  338. \begin{verbatim}
  339. \usepackage{fontspec}
  340. \setmainfont{ETbb}
  341. \end{verbatim}
  342. Other than the usual choices of figure style, the only remaining choice available is through {\tt StylisticSet=2}, which substitutes the new Sharp S glyphs in place of the familiar \ss, \SS\ and \textsc{\ss}. See the table in the next section for details.
  343. \section*{Selection of the new Sharp S in LaTeX}
  344. There is now an {\tt ETbb} option {\tt sharpS} whose effect in legacy LaTeX is summarized below.
  345. Behavior of the text macros \verb|\SS|, \verb|\ss| and the macro \verb|\MakeUppercase|.
  346. \begin{center}
  347. \begin{tabular}{@{} ccccc @{}}
  348. \hline
  349. sharpS option & \verb|\ss| & \verb|\SS| & \verb|\MakeUppercase{\ss}| & \verb|\textsc{\ss}| \\
  350. \hline
  351. Not set & \ss & \SS & \MakeUppercase{\ss} & \textsc{\ss}\\
  352. sharpS & {\altr\char255} & {\altr\char223} & {\altr\char223} & {\altrsc \char255}\\
  353. \hline
  354. \end{tabular}
  355. \end{center}
  356. In unicode TeX, the behavior laid out in the table above is achieved using {\tt StylisticSet=2}.
  357. %\begin{center}
  358. % \begin{tabular}{@{} lcl @{}}
  359. % \hline
  360. % Glyph name & glyph & macro\\
  361. % \hline
  362. % {\tt uni1E9E} & \symbol{"1E9E} &\verb|\symbol{"1E9E}|\\
  363. % {\tt uni1E9E.ss01} & {\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\symbol{"1E9E}} & \verb|{\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\symbol{"1E9E}}| \\
  364. % {\tt germandbls.sc} & \textsc{\ss} & \verb|{\textsc{\ss}}| \\
  365. % {\tt germandbls.sc.ss01} & {\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\textsc{\ss}} & \verb|{\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\textsc{\ss}}| \\
  366. % \hline
  367. % \end{tabular}
  368. %\end{center}
  369. %\noindent \textbf{Effect of choice of {\tt StylisticSet}:}
  370. %
  371. %\begin{center}
  372. % \begin{tabular}{@{} ccccc @{}}
  373. % \hline
  374. % StylisticSet & \verb|\ss| & \verb|\SS| & \verb|\MakeUppercase{\ss}| & \verb|\textsc{\ss}| \\
  375. % \hline
  376. % None & \ss & \SS & \MakeUppercase{\ss} & \textsc{\ss}\\
  377. %
  378. % =1 & {\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\ss} & {\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\SS} & {\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\MakeUppercase{\ss}} & {\addfontfeature{StylisticSet=1}\textsc{\ss}}\\
  379. % \hline
  380. % \end{tabular}
  381. %\end{center}
  382. %\section{Historical Background}
  383. %Humanist scholar Pietro Bembo, a seminal figure in literature and music of the Italian Renaissance, who later became Cardinal Bembo, wrote an essay in the last decade of the 15th century about his travels to Mt.\ Aetna, which work was published by the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius (whose name gave us \emph{Aldine}) using a new Roman font designed by his punch-cutter, Francesco Griffo that improved on the earlier efforts of Jenson, another printer in Venice. That font seems to have played a similarly seminal r\^ole in typography. It was the direct progenitor of the many Garamond fonts, and has seen numerous modern revivals whose names make use of every known historical connection to the figures named above, such as Lucrezia Borgia who was for several years Bembo's lover.
  384. %
  385. %The metal form of the Bembo font developed by Stanley Morison for English Monotype in the 1920's was widely used in book printing due to its handsome appearance and readability. Commercial digital versions have not had much love from critics until recently. Adobe's MinionPro and WarnockPro arguably deserve the prizes for the best modern revivals of oldstyle fonts not too distant from Bembo. (Both lack Bembo's tall ascenders and its characteristic overarching f.)
  386. %twoone free source for a Bembo--like font family, one being David Perry's \emph{Cardo} (a contraction of \emph{Cardinal Bembo}), which is not readily accessible to
  387. %\LaTeX\ users and which lacks Bold Italic as well as a full range of Small Caps and figure styles. The other is Edward Tufte
  388. % On screen and paper, {\tt ETbb} appears close in weight to Libertine, though of greater ascender height and slightly less plain. The following two sentences are written in {\tt ETbb} and Libertine respectively. The third example sentence is written using {\tt garamondx}, whose natural xheight is comparable to Libertine, but which should normally be scaled down to resemble more familiar Garamonds. Perhaps {\tt ETbb} will be prove to be more suitable for older eyes.
  389. %
  390. %\textit{\textsc{Comparison between ETbb and Libertine}}:
  391. %
  392. %Both ETbb and Libertine are highly readable fonts in their standard Roman forms, each has a wide range of figures and small caps, but Libertine has the advantage in the number of supported scripts and the variety of weights.
  393. %
  394. %{\fontfamily{LinuxLibertineT-LF}\selectfont Both ETbb and Libertine are highly readable fonts in their standard Roman forms, each has a wide range of figures and small caps, but Libertine has the advantage in the number of supported scripts and the variety of weights.}
  395. \section*{Detailed comparison with {\tt fbb}}
  396. The following picture, in which the units are approximately in {\tt bp},
  397. shows some of the differences between {\tt ETbb-Regular} and {\tt fbb-Regular}, the first scaled up by 10 and the second by 9.8 so that their x-heights (and Cap-heights) are the same. From the picture below you can note the following.
  398. \begin{itemize}
  399. \item
  400. The serifs are much more substantial in {\tt ETbb}.
  401. \item The ascenders a considerably higher in {\tt fbb}---in fact, by 50 em units. Those very tall ascenders make for poor positioning of quotes, superscripts and the like.
  402. \item Stems are a little thicker (by about 10\%) in {\tt ETbb}.
  403. \item There is a slight bowing out in the letter h and similar letters like n of {\tt ETbb} that is not present in {\tt fbb}, making for more visual interest, IMO. This would not be of any importance at small print sizes.
  404. \item Overall, {\tt ETbb} has lower contrast (ratio of thickest to thinnest strokes) than {\tt fbb}, making for a more uniform gray appearance on the printed page.
  405. \end{itemize}
  406. \picture(4500,1300)
  407. \thegrid{5000}{1500}
  408. \put(0,0){{\usefont{T1}{ETbb-TLF}{m}{n}\scalefont{10}xXh{\color{red}:}} {\usefont{T1}{fbb-TLF}{m}{n}\scalefont{9.8}xXh}}
  409. \put(0,1100){\hbox to 2000\unitlength{\hfil ETbb scaled 1000\%\hfil}}
  410. \put(2000,1100){\hbox to 2000\unitlength{\hfil fbb scaled 980\%\hfil}}
  411. \endpicture
  412. \vspace*{1in}
  413. The following page presents a comparison of a {\tt ETbb} and {\tt fbb} with identical text rendered in two columns. For me, there is no question that {\tt ETbb} is the preferable font for document text.
  414. \newpage
  415. \begin{multicols}{2}[\textbf{ETbb on left, fbb on right, normalized to same x-height}]
  416. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ac tortor dignissim convallis aenean. Adipiscing elit duis tristique sollicitudin nibh. At imperdiet dui accumsan sit. Posuere sollicitudin aliquam ultrices sagittis. In hac habitasse platea dictumst quisque sagittis purus sit. Vulputate mi sit amet mauris commodo quis imperdiet. Vel risus commodo viverra maecenas accumsan lacus vel facilisis volutpat. Tortor vitae purus faucibus ornare suspendisse. Non consectetur a erat nam at lectus. Curabitur gravida arcu ac tortor. Tempus urna et pharetra pharetra massa massa ultricies mi quis. Nisl nisi scelerisque eu ultrices vitae auctor eu. A lacus vestibulum sed arcu non odio euismod lacinia at. Ut venenatis tellus in metus vulputate eu. Ornare massa eget egestas purus viverra accumsan in nisl. Mauris augue neque gravida in fermentum et sollicitudin ac orci. Turpis egestas sed tempus urna et pharetra pharetra. Nunc lobortis mattis aliquam faucibus.
  417. Nulla facilisi morbi tempus iaculis urna id volutpat lacus. Est ultricies integer quis auctor elit. Risus quis varius quam quisque id. Mus mauris vitae ultricies leo integer malesuada nunc vel risus. Sit amet purus gravida quis blandit turpis cursus in hac. Nam at lectus urna duis convallis convallis tellus. Amet dictum sit amet justo. Tortor consequat id porta nibh venenatis cras. Ante metus dictum at tempor. Senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis.
  418. Non tellus orci ac auctor augue mauris augue neque gravida. Bibendum at varius vel pharetra vel turpis nunc. Pellentesque adipiscing commodo elit at imperdiet dui accumsan sit. Quis enim lobortis scelerisque fermentum dui faucibus in. Scelerisque eu ultrices vitae auctor. Blandit volutpat maecenas volutpat blandit. Morbi leo urna molestie at elementum eu. Tristique magna sit amet purus gravida quis blandit. Felis eget nunc lobortis mattis aliquam faucibus purus in. Pharetra diam sit amet nisl suscipit. Odio pellentesque diam volutpat commodo sed egestas egestas fringilla phasellus. Vitae nunc sed velit dignissim. Nulla pellentesque dignissim enim sit. Sem viverra aliquet eget sit amet tellus.
  419. \columnbreak
  420. {\usefont{T1}{fbb-TLF}{m}{n}\scalefont{.98}Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ac tortor dignissim convallis aenean. Adipiscing elit duis tristique sollicitudin nibh. At imperdiet dui accumsan sit. Posuere sollicitudin aliquam ultrices sagittis. In hac habitasse platea dictumst quisque sagittis purus sit. Vulputate mi sit amet mauris commodo quis imperdiet. Vel risus commodo viverra maecenas accumsan lacus vel facilisis volutpat. Tortor vitae purus faucibus ornare suspendisse. Non consectetur a erat nam at lectus. Curabitur gravida arcu ac tortor. Tempus urna et pharetra pharetra massa massa ultricies mi quis. Nisl nisi scelerisque eu ultrices vitae auctor eu. A lacus vestibulum sed arcu non odio euismod lacinia at. Ut venenatis tellus in metus vulputate eu. Ornare massa eget egestas purus viverra accumsan in nisl. Mauris augue neque gravida in fermentum et sollicitudin ac orci. Turpis egestas sed tempus urna et pharetra pharetra. Nunc lobortis mattis aliquam faucibus.
  421. Nulla facilisi morbi tempus iaculis urna id volutpat lacus. Est ultricies integer quis auctor elit. Risus quis varius quam quisque id. Mus mauris vitae ultricies leo integer malesuada nunc vel risus. Sit amet purus gravida quis blandit turpis cursus in hac. Nam at lectus urna duis convallis convallis tellus. Amet dictum sit amet justo. Tortor consequat id porta nibh venenatis cras. Ante metus dictum at tempor. Senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis.
  422. Non tellus orci ac auctor augue mauris augue neque gravida. Bibendum at varius vel pharetra vel turpis nunc. Pellentesque adipiscing commodo elit at imperdiet dui accumsan sit. Quis enim lobortis scelerisque fermentum dui faucibus in. Scelerisque eu ultrices vitae auctor. Blandit volutpat maecenas volutpat blandit. Morbi leo urna molestie at elementum eu. Tristique magna sit amet purus gravida quis blandit. Felis eget nunc lobortis mattis aliquam faucibus purus in. Pharetra diam sit amet nisl suscipit. Odio pellentesque diam volutpat commodo sed egestas egestas fringilla phasellus. Vitae nunc sed velit dignissim. Nulla pellentesque dignissim enim sit. Sem viverra aliquet eget sit amet tellus.
  423. }
  424. \end{multicols}
  425. \textbf{ETbb-Regular-tlf-t1}
  426. \fonttable{ETbb-Regular-tlf-t1}
  427. \newpage
  428. \textbf{ETbb1-Regular-tlf-t1}
  429. \fonttable{ETbb1-Regular-tlf-t1}
  430. \newpage
  431. \textbf{ETbb-Regular-tlf-sc-t1}
  432. \fonttable{ETbb-Regular-tlf-sc-t1}
  433. \newpage
  434. \textbf{ETbb1-Regular-tlf-sc-t1}
  435. \fonttable{ETbb1-Regular-tlf-sc-t1}
  436. %This is a fraction \textfrac{23}{52}, \textfrac{71}{12}, \textfrac{17}{75}, \textfrac{34}{43}.
  437. %The {\tt ETbb} package offers a family of Bembo--like fonts in the four basic styles. There are of course similarities to {\tt fbb}, the main distinctions being:
  438. %\begin{itemize}
  439. %\item
  440. %The ascenders in {\tt ETbb} are considerably reduced compared with those in {\tt fbb};
  441. %\item The stroke widths in {\tt ETbb} Regular are about 10\% larger than those in {\tt fbb} Regular, so the gray level is about 20\% higher.
  442. %\item The serifs in {\tt ETbb} are not nearly as thin as those in {\tt fbb};
  443. %\end{itemize}
  444. %\textit{\textsc{Same sentence in garamondx}}:
  445. %
  446. %{\fontfamily{zgmx}\selectfont Both ETbb and Libertine are highly readable fonts in their standard Roman forms, each has a wide range of figures and small caps, but Libertine has the advantage in the number of supported scripts and the variety of weights.}
  447. \end{document}