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  • CTAN update: japanese-otf

    From CTAN Announcements@21:1/5 to CTAN Announcements on Wed Feb 19 20:02:04 2025
    The Japanese TeX Development Community submitted an update to the

    japanese-otf

    package.

    Version: 2025-02-18
    License: bsd3

    Summary description: Advanced font selection for platex and its friends

    Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Based on japanese-otf-uptex Ver.0.31.

    japanese-otf-uptex:

    * Support Unicode variation sequences (SVS, IVS)
    and combined characters in Japanese plain text.
    It requires the latest software (upTeX and dviware) in TeX Live 2025.

    * Update reference Unicode Blocks-17.0.0.txt.

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    The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/japanese-otf

    The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/jptex/latex/japanese-otf/

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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    CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups.
    Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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  • From CTAN Announcements@21:1/5 to CTAN Announcements on Fri Jul 25 19:24:24 2025
    The Japanese TeX Development Community submitted an update to the

    japanese-otf

    bundle.

    Version: 2025-07-24
    License: bsd3

    Summary description: Advanced font selection for platex and its friends

    Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Based on japanese-otf-uptex Ver.0.32.

    japanese-otf-uptex:
    * Support Unicode variation sequences (SVS)
    in Chinese/Korean plain text.
    * Enable to use Unicode/CID base multi-weight virtual fonts
    for \UTF*{}, \CID*{} macros with platex.
    * Add option 'subfont' to use conventional virtual fonts
    by subfont scheme for \UTF*{}, \CID*{} macros with platex.

    For platex only:
    * Remove conventional vf's and tfm's by subfont scheme for
    \UTF{C,T,K}{}, \CID{C,T,K}{} macros from the archive.

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    The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/japanese-otf

    The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/jptex/latex/japanese-otf/

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups.
    Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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