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RPM: fonts-otf-gfs-goschen

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Current version: 20100203-alt3_21
Build date: 7 february 2022, 00:25 ( 111.5 weeks ago )
Size: 136.54 Kb

Home page:   http://www.greekfontsociety-gfs.gr/typefaces/19…

License: OFL
Summary: GFS GA.schen, a 19th century neoclassical cursive Greek font family
Description:


Georg Joachim GA.schen founded in 1782 the publishing house of G.J.
GA.schensche Verlagsbuchhandlung in Leipzig and was one of the most active
publishers of the period in Germany. GA.schen was very interested in
typography, influenced by the fame and quality of the editions of G. Bodoni
and F. Didot.

In 1797, he collaborated with the leading scholar of the period, Johann Jakob
Griesbach, to edit and publish the New Testament in Greek for which he formed
a committee of scholars to decide the new Greek type which were eventually
cut by Johann Prillwitz. The book appeared in 1803 and the types show many
influences from the Greek types of Bodoni. Their characteristic was the
neoclassical form of marked contrast between thick and thin strokes, the
cursive style and the large size of the font.

The design was too cumbersome to allow general use and can be considered
successful only for its indirect influence on the later cut Greek Leipzig
type. It is, however, part of the greater heritage of Greek type design and
therefore the type has been digitized by George D. Matthiopoulos in 2009 and
is part of GFSa.' type library under the name GFS GA.schen cursive, in
commemoration of the great German publisher.

Current maintainer: Igor Vlasenko

List of contributors

List of rpms provided by this srpm:

  • fonts-otf-gfs-goschen
  • fonts-otf-gfs-goschen-doc
ACL:
     
    design & coding: Vladimir Lettiev aka crux © 2004-2005, Andrew Avramenko aka liks © 2007-2008
    current maintainer: Michael Shigorin