This package contains free OFL licensed fonts released in 2009-2019 by
the ParaType company. They consist of 7 families:
* PT Sans (8 styles)
* PT Serif (6 styles)
* PT Mono (2 styles)
* PT Astra Sans (4 styles)
* PT Astra Serif (4 styles)
* PT Root UI (5 styles)
* Golos Text (6 styles)
The fonts cover a long list of Eurasian languages based on Latin and
Cyrillic scripts.
PT Astra Sans and PT Astra Serif fonts are metrically compatible with
Times New Roman.
The texlive-fonts package contains earlier versions of PT Sans, PT
Serif, and PT Mono fonts in
/usr/share/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/paratype/
In this package these families have the truetype specific hhea-metrics
adapted for linux environment.
These fonts are primarily designed to be used with subpixel hinting (aka
ClearType) activated.
When using subpixel hinting, it is recommended to disable embedded
bitmaps for these fonts by using the following fontconfig setting:
<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
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