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#1 Posted by woodpecker758 on 2009-10-23 00:47:32 | quote | 74.127.*.3*
This version of Kinryu does not really have all of the characters
for Chinese, rather those characters will be converted into
circles with question marks. This font has been extended so as to include ancient Greek characters, Glagolitic and a few new Japanese kanji. Those characters which are converted into
question marks by this font are not available in this font; That is because those characters are meant for the study of Japanese only.
#2 Posted by site moderator alex on 2009-10-23 11:35:08 | quote | 24.141.*.3*
So i guess you didnt like the idea of having a constant name as "Laurier" or "Kinryu" and only update the version fields to say "Version 14" or something.

So if i approve this font, should i remove all other ones since they are a subset of the latest one?

And if someone linked to Laurier for example, it will be a broken link now. Not ideal...

Alex, Abstract Fonts
#3 Posted by woodpecker758 on 2009-10-23 15:24:49 | quote | 74.127.*.3*
This is the explanation of it:
The underscore and title No14 (_No14) is just a version number,
yet required as not to confuse it with the previous version when using a word processor, it doesn't have anything to do with the name of the font itself. The name Kinryu does have something to do with the name of the font, the name Kinryu is the font of the Japanese characters, which supercedes the name Laurier on the grounds that the Japanese characters are a font in and of their own right.
You can remove the old ones if you want to because they're
not good for anything anymore now that the new one has come out.
#4 Posted by woodpecker758 on 2009-10-23 15:30:41 | quote | 74.127.*.3*
Anyway what this font newly has is characters for
Ancient Greek, Glagolitic and Japanese.
#5 Posted by woodpecker758 on 2009-10-23 15:38:32 | quote | 74.127.*.3*
As for the old fonts, I just issued them so that people would
know what to look for when they download the new one.
I don't care about them because they're obsolete now.
#6 Posted by site moderator alex on 2009-10-23 17:17:43 | quote | 24.141.*.3*
Version number belongs in a "Version" field in the naming table within the font file. The name of the font should stay constant.

You don't see "Arial_1", "Arial_5", "Arial_99812"... there is only "Arial" but the version may differ. If you get a newer version you simply replace the existing one with the latest so there is no confusion when you are in word. There is only one Arial.

Your naming convention could be useful to you while working on a font so you can have them both installed at the same time for comparison. However, when you release a version that you are happy with it should be the constant name such as "Laurier".

kk, swallow, ivan, lauren, and everyone else please let me know if i am not making sense and steering Peter in the wrong direction...

Alex, Abstract Fonts

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