[gs-devel] Status of the bundled 35 base fonts

[Werner LEMBERG]

> In the same thread they recommend the use of TeX Gyre fonts if
> additional Glyphs to the original URW fonts are required.

Sadly, the TeX Gyre people were forced to remove the Valek's Cyrillic
glyphs due to license issues.  They write:

  For reasons explained elsewhere, we prefer to provide our work under
  the GUST Font Licence (GFL) which is legally equivalent to the LPPL.
  However, since 1996 the 35 PostScript base fonts were enhanced under
  the GNU Public License with Vietnamese glyphs by Han The Thanh and
  Cyrillic glyphs by Valek Filippov.  Han The Thanh kindly permitted
  his additions to be retained under GFL/LPPL in this and future TeX
  Gyre fonts releases.  Unfortunately, we were unable to receive a
  similar permission from Valek Filippov for his Cyrillic glyphs, thus
  there are no Cyrillic glyphs in any of the TeX Gyre fonts.

Valek, could you shed some light on this issue?


    Werner