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Κυκλοφορεῖ ἀνὰ ἑξάμηνο kaÈ dia- tributed for free in electronic format to nèmetai δωρεὰν σὲ ἠλεκτρονικὴ μορφὴ sτὰ the members of the ∗φτ∗ Group, and to mèlh tοῦ Συλλόgou kaÈ sτὸ eÎρύτερο koiνὸ the public in general through Internet. mèsú tοῦ Διαδικτύου. Τὸ periοδικό ἀπο- Printed copies are also sent to contribu- stèlletai ἐπίshc σὲ êntuph μορφὴ stοὺς tors to the journal as well as to selected li- συγγραφεῖc kaÈ σὲ ἐπιλεγμένες biblioj¨kec. braries. The articles of EÚtupon deal with StÈc selÐdec tοῦ EÙtÒpou δημοσιεύοntai ἄρ- TEX and with electronic typesetting in jra σχετικὰ μὲ TEX kaÈ τὴn ἠλεκτρονικὴ general. stoiqeiojesÐa ἐντύπων γενικόtera. The address of EÚtupon is: <H διεύθυνση tοῦ EÙtÒpou εἶnai: Greek TEX's Friends Σύλλοgoc ῾Ελλήνων FÐlwn tοῦ TEX (c/o A. 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Τὸ EÚtupon kaÈ ὁ Sύllogoc ∗φτ∗ Group do not assume any respon- ∗φτ∗ δὲν ἀναλαμβάνουν kamÐa εὐθύνη γιὰ sibity for methods, products, instructions μεθόδους, προϊόnta, ὁδηγίες kaÈ Êdèec ποὺ or ideas described or expressed in au- periγράφοntai « ἐκφράζοntai ἐντὸς ἐνυπό- thored articles published in this periodi- grafwn ἄρθρων dhmosieumènwn sτὸ perio- cal. δικό. The Editorial Board of EÚtupon con- <H Suntακτικὴ >Epiτροπὴ tοῦ EÙtÒpou ἀ- stists of: Apostolos Syropoulos (Xan- poτελεῖtai ἀπὸ τὸn >Απόσtolo Συρόπουλο thi, Greece), Dimitrios Filippou (Volos, (Ξάνθη), τὸn Δημήτρη A. FilÐppou (Βό- Greece) and Ioannis Dimakos (Patras, loc) kaÈ τὸn Γιάννη Dημάκο (Πάτρα). Greece). i i i i i \eutypon21" | 2009/1/27 | 13:40 | page 3 | #3 i i i Εὔτυπon, dèka χρόnia μετὰ FÐloi sunTEXnÐtec, Mèsa στὸ 2008, τὸ Εὔτυπon συμπλήρωσε dèka χρόnia zw¨c. Κατὰ σύμπτwsh, stÈc ἀρχὲς tοῦ 2008, ὁ Κλαούντιo Μπεκκά- ri (Claudio Beccari), ὁ ἄνθρωπος ποὺ êftiaxe tÈc periσσόterec ἑλληνικὲς grammatoσειρὲς μὲ τὸ METAFONT, ἀποφάσιse νὰ ku- κλοφορήσει ὅlec tÈc grammatoseirèc tou, mazÈ μὲ μερικὲc nèec NA parallagèc, σὲ μορφὴ Type1. KaÈ κατὰ σύμπτwsh, τὸ kalokaÐri tοῦ ἴδιou êtouc, ὁ Κλαούντιo ἀνακοίnwse πὼς bgaÐnei στὴν σύν- X taxh ἀπὸ τὴν jèsh tοῦ kajhght¨ στὸ Poλυτεχνεῖo tοῦ TorÐnou. E T Μὲ ἀφορμὴ τὰ δύo αὐτὰ gegoνόta, θελήσαμε νὰ τιμήσουμε τὸn Κλαούντιo. KaÈ δὲν θὰ Íp¨rqe ἄλλος καλύτερος τρόπος γιὰ A νὰ τὸn τιμήσουμε ἀπὸ τὸ νὰ τὸn kalèsoume νὰ παρουσιάσει ὁ ἴδιoc στὸ Εὔτυπon τὴν πιὸ πρόσφατη δουλειά tou, καθὼς kaÈ νὰ μᾶς μιλήσει γιὰ τὸ πῶς êmplexe μὲ τὸ TEX kaÈ tÈc ἑλληνικὲς & grammatoseirèc. VOpwc θὰ δεῖte kaÈ ἐσεῖc stÈc ἑπόμενες selÐdec, ὁ Klaoύντιo δὲν ἀρνήθηκε τὴν πρόσκλησή mac. KaÈ ἐπιπλέοn ὁ Κλαούντιo, πάντa εὐγενικόc, dèqjhke νὰ suneqÐsei νὰ δουλεύει γιὰ τὴν dhmiourgÐa grammatoseiρῶν kaÈ ἄλλων ἐργαλείων, ποὺ θὰ εἶnai diajèsima δωρεὰν mèsú tοῦ Διαδικτύου. Τὸn eÎqaristoῦμε NA ἐκ βάθους kardÐac. X Γιὰ τὸ παρὸn τεῦχος, ὀφείλουμε νὰ eÎqariστήσουμε ἀκόμα E τὸn >Artèmh Boγιατζή, ποὺ dèqjhke νὰ μᾶς γράψει tÈc πρῶτες T ἐμπειρίες tou μὲ τὸ X LE ATEX, kaÈ τὴν ^Elia Koum¨, ποὺ dèqjh- ke νὰ μᾶς παρουσιάσει τὸ Μουσεῖo TupografÐac t¨c ἐφημερίδας Qani¸tika Nèa. Τὸ τεῦχος kleÐnei μὲ éna ἀνησυχητικὸ ἄρθρο γιὰ EN τὸ mèllon tοῦ TEX kaÈ mÐa σύντomh parousÐash τῶν grammato- σειρῶν OpenType. Tèloc, ἀξίζει νὰ ποῦμε πὼς mèsa στὸ 2008 κυκλοφόρησαν οἱ nèoi beltiwmènoi «κανόnec} sullabiσμοῦ állhnikῶν γιὰ τὸ TEX, ἀκόμα kaÈ σὲ μορφὴ Unicode. Θὰ tοὺς βρεῖte στὸ ctan: language/hyphenation/elhyphen kaÈ στὸ ctan: systems/ win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-hyph-greek.cab. Μὲ TEXνικοὺς qairetismoύς, <H Suntaktikὴ >Epiτροπή i i i i i \eutypon21" | 2009/1/27 | 13:40 | page 4 | #4 i i i Οἱ shmei¸seic tοῦ tupoγράφου Τὸ EÚtupon stoiqeiοθετήθηκε μὲ τὸ pdfLATEX. Στὰ basikὰ pakèta ποὺ qrh- σιμοποιήθηκαν συμπεριλαμβάνοntai τὸ babel, τὸ inputenc, τὸ graphicx, τὸ url kaÈ τὸ verbatim. <H εἰκόna ἐτούτης t¨c selÐdac εἶnai ἡ prometwpÐda (binièta) t¨c <EfhmerÐdoc, t¨c pr¸thc állhnik¨c ἐφημερίδας (periodikοῦ) ποὺ κυκλοφόρησε στὴν Biènnh ἀπὸ τὸ 1790 éwc τὸ 1797. <H εἰκόna proèrqetai ἀπὸ τὸ ἠλεκτρονικὸ ἀρχεῖo t¨c >Ejnik¨c Bibliοθήκης t¨c AÎstrÐac (http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/ anno?aid=eph). <H εἰκόna στὴν teleutaÐa selÐda toῦ τεύχους εἶnai skÐtso toῦ Στάθη (Stau- ρόπουλου) kaÈ proèrqetai ἀπὸ τὸ φύλλο t¨c 7hc >IounÐou 2003 t¨c ἀθηναϊκῆς ἐφημερίδας >EleujerotupÐa. >Αναδημοσιεύετai μὲ ἄδεια tοῦ skitsoγράφου. <O γραμμικὸς k¸dikac tοῦ ὀπισθόφυλλου εἶnai μιὰ εὐγενικὴ προσφορὰ tοῦ Γιάννη Χαραλάμπους ([email protected]). <H pr¸th ἐκτύπωση êgine μὲ τὸ πρόgramma Evince Gnome Document Viewer σὲ σύστημα OpenSolaris kaÈ σὲ ἐκτυπωτὴ Xerox Phaser 3250D (1200 dpi). <H fwtoτυπικὴ ἀναπαραγωγὴ kaÈ ἡ bibliodesÐa pragmatοποιήθηκαν στὴν Ξάνθη. i i i i i \eutypon21" | 2009/1/27 | 13:40 | page 1 | #5 i i i Εὔτυπon, τεῦχος 21 — >Okt¸brioc/October 2008 1 The CB Greek fonts Claudio Beccari formerly with the Department of Electronics Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy E-mail: claudio dot beccari at gmail dot com This paper takes its origin from the documentation accompanying a re- vision of the CB Greek fonts completed on 1st January 2008, but it goes into deeper detail with comments on many font features that are com- monly overlooked. It tells the story of the CB Greek fonts and describes the new features associated with this new distribution. 1 Introduction The CB Greek fonts have been in free use by the TEX community for years now; the bitmapped fonts were available by the end of the '90s, while the scalable Type1 versions started to be available in 2002; some new fonts were added in the following years, but in 2005 a fundamental change was made: the Type1 versions were reduced to the single size of 10 pt, redone completely and associated to a correct encoding vector by Apostolos Syropoulos, who, in a sense, is a co-author of this collection of fonts. I wrote the METAFONT code; he and many other Greek users assisted me in the correction of errors or in a better rendering of specific glyphs. The whole work had started from the Greek fonts