From 78026c4e6822041b128d8d9390f19e9a9658b837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Parag Nemade Date: Oct 17 2014 05:19:24 +0000 Subject: Add metainfo file --- diff --git a/gfs-baskerville.metainfo.xml b/gfs-baskerville.metainfo.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8074eac --- /dev/null +++ b/gfs-baskerville.metainfo.xml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ + + + + gfs-baskerville + CC-BY-3.0 + GFS Baskerville + GFS Baskerville Greek font + +

+ John Baskerville (1706-1775) got involed in typography late in his career but + his contribution was significant.Baskerville was also involved in the design + of a Greek typeface which he used in an edition of the New Testament for + Oxford University, in 1763. He adopted the practice of avoiding the excessive + number of ligatures which Alexander Wilson had started a few years earlier + but his Greek types were rather narrow in proportion and did not win the + sympathy of the philologists and other scholars of his time. They did + influence, however, the Greek types of Giambattista Bodoni. and through him + Didot's Greek in Paris. + + The typeface has been digitally revived as GFS Baskerville Classic by Sophia + Kalaitzidou and George D. Matthiopoulos and is now available as part of GFS' + type library. +

+ + pnemade_at_redhat_dot_com + http://www.greekfontsociety.gr/pages/en_typefaces18th.html +