Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but it also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. In version 1.015, some outlines have been refined or corrected, and upright brackets (accessible via cv80) have been added in the italic face.

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but it also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. This version adds capital Quod (U+A758), small cap quod (U+A759 with smcp), versicle (U+2123), and response (U+211F). All the different flavors of the font now come in a single archive, Elstob_v1_014.zip. Be sure to consult the README file to decide which flavor(s) to install!

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but it also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. This version drops the mnemonic codes of earlier releases and adds a collection of entities, similar to HTML entities and accessible via ss10, to do the same work.

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but it also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. This version changes the handling of long s and r rotunda to be more intuitive, and it adds feature cv52 for different widths of cross stroke (U+0335).

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. This is a bug-fix release, correcting several faulty outlines and hints.

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. Version 1.010 adds several characters essential for diplomatic transcription of Latin texts.

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font is limited to about 1100 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. Version 1.009 features a corrected STAT table, a corrected and expanded set of math symbols (with emphasis on those most likely to be useful to linguists), and a set of subscript figures, both lining and old style. Some OpenType feature tags have been changed to agree with JuniusX.

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font contains fewer than 1000 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. Version 1.007 features numerous improved outlines, superscript numbers suitable for footnote indices, and, for the variable fonts, various technical enhancements (including new hints and a more complete STAT table). Version 1.008 fixes minor issues with version 1.007.

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font contains fewer than 1000 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. Version 1.007 features numerous improved outlines, superscript numbers suitable for footnote indices, and, for the variable fonts, various technical enhancements (including new hints and a more complete STAT table).

Elstob font

A font for medievalists (and others), Elstob is a variable font, especially suitable for web use, but also comes in a desktop version. In order to keep file sizes manageable, the font contains fewer than 1000 characters; but these include all Unicode characters commonly used by scholars of European medieval languages. The font covers all modern European languages using the Latin script, and also Runic and the International Phonetic Alphabet. OpenType features include numerous stylistic variants, automatic conversion to Norse and Insular letter-shapes, automatic transliteration into runic script, automatic substitution of long s for round s, and alternative number-forms. The package contains a document containing specimens and instructions for using the OpenType features. Version 1.006 offers a few new characters and a few bug fixes.