[B-Greek] pictures of the new SBL GNT
Nigel Chapman
nigel at chapman.id.au
Fri Dec 3 00:02:34 EST 2010
On Fri, December 3, 2010 2:38 pm, Ian W Scott wrote:
> Yes, the font is bigger than NA27.
The SBL GNT has the font maybe a point larger, but the main difference in
readbility comes from the leading; there's generous space between the
lines, not the normal academic cattle-class spacing. Very good to see.
> The font has a very free license, so it's easy to use in other projects.
If anyone from SBL is listening, you might send a copy to Google, and
they'll make a webfont for it like they did with GFS Didot and GFS
NeoHellenic. Then it will be usable in any webpage on earth; the site
admin just has to add:
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=SBL+Greek&subset=greek'
rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
.greek {
font: 'SBL Greek'; serif;
}
</style>
Here's the submission form:
https://services.google.com/fb/forms/submitafont/
I'll be using GFS Didot in my next site, but I must say SBL Greek is nicer
than either.
FontSquirrel provides webfont files for Gentium Basic, but the Google
fonts are much easier to integrate.
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Gentium-Basic
Nigel.
>
> Ian
>
> On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 14:36 +1100, Nigel Chapman wrote:
>> To whomever answers Mark's question...
>>
>> Can you also say what the font is? It should be on the front page. I'm
>> curious as to whether it's GFS NeoHellenic?
>>
>> http://www.greekfontsociety.gr/pages/en_typefaces20th.html
>>
>> http://code.google.com/webfonts/family?family=GFS+Neohellenic&subset=greek
>>
>> Looks like a rounded sans-serif, but it's slightly cursive like Gentium
>> also; seems midway in between.
>>
>> More readable than older fonts, though, even at a smaller point size.
>>
>> Nigel.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, December 3, 2010 1:52 pm, Mark Lightman wrote:
>>
>> > Somebody posted some nice shots of the new SBL GNT:
>> >
>> > http://walkingtowardsjerusalem.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/sblna2.jpg
>> >
>> > It looks like the font is larger than the standard NA editon. Can
>> someone
>> > who
>> > has the book confirm this?
>> >
>> > Mark L
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > FWSFOROS MARKOS
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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