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Taken from the upstream repo https://github.com/clauseggers/Playfair-Display The following glyphs have been added: uni2010, longs, uni018F, Ohorn, ohorn, Uhorn, uhorn, uni01B7, uni01CD, uni01CE, uni01D3, uni01D4, uni01E4, uni01E5, Gcaron, gcaron, uni01E8, uni01E9, uni2052, uni01EE, uni01EF, Oslashacute, oslashacute, uni021E, uni021F, uni0259, minute, uni0292, uni02BC, gravecomb, acutecomb, uni0302, tildecomb, uni0304, uni0306, uni0307, uni0308, hookabovecomb, uni030A, uni030B, uni030C, dotbelowcomb, uni0327, uni0328, uni0335, uni0337, uni0338, uni0400, uni040D, uni0450, uni045D, uni0462, uni0463, uni046A, uni046B, uni0492, uni0493, uni0496, uni0497, uni049A, uni049B, uni04A2, uni04A3, uni04AE, uni04AF, uni04B0, uni04B1, uni04BA, uni04BB, uni04C9, uni04CA, uni04D8, uni04D9, uni04E8, uni04E9, uni1EA0, uni1EA1, uni1EA2, uni1EA3, uni1EA4, uni1EA5, uni1EA6, uni1EA7, uni1EA8, uni1EA9, uni1EAA, uni1EAB, uni1EAC, uni1EAD, uni1EAE, uni1EAF, uni1EB0, uni1EB1, uni1EB2, uni1EB3, uni1EB4, uni1EB5, uni1EB6, uni1EB7, uni1EB8, uni1EB9, uni1EBA, uni1EBB, uni1EBC, uni1EBD, uni1EBE, uni1EBF, uni1EC0, uni1EC1, uni1EC2, uni1EC3, uni1EC4, uni1EC5, uni1EC6, uni1EC7, uni1EC8, uni1EC9, uni1ECA, uni1ECB, uni1ECC, uni1ECD, uni1ECE, uni1ECF, uni1ED0, uni1ED1, uni1ED2, uni1ED3, uni1ED4, uni1ED5, uni1ED6, uni1ED7, uni1ED8, uni1ED9, uni1EDA, uni1EDB, uni1EDC, uni1EDD, uni1EDE, uni1EDF, uni1EE0, uni1EE1, uni1EE2, uni1EE3, uni1EE4, uni1EE5, uni1EE6, uni1EE7, uni1EE8, uni1EE9, uni1EEA, uni1EEB, uni1EEC, uni1EED, uni1EEE, uni1EEF, uni1EF0, uni1EF1, uni1EF4, uni1EF5, uni1EF6, uni1EF7, uni1EF8, uni1EF9, uni212A, second, uni212B
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<p>Playfair is a transitional design. From the time of enlightenment in the
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late 18th century, the broad nib quills were replaced by pointed steel pens.
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This influenced typographical letterforms to become increasingly detached from
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the written ones. Developments in printing technology, ink, and paper making,
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made it possible to print letterforms of high contrast and delicate
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hairlines.</p>
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<p>This design lends itself to this period, and while it is not a revival of
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any particular design, it takes influence from the designs of printer and
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typeface designer John Baskerville, the punchcutter William Martin’s typeface
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for the ‘Boydell Shakspeare’ (sic) edition, and from the ‘Scotch Roman’
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designs that followed thereafter.</p>
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<p>As the name indicates, Playfair Display is well suited for titling and
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headlines. It has an extra large x-height and short descenders. It can be set
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with no leading if space is tight, for instance in news headlines, or for
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stylistic effect in titles. Capitals are extra short, and only very slightly
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heavier than the lowercase characters. This helps achieve a more even
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typographical colour when typesetting proper nouns and initialisms. Languages,
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like German, where nouns are capitalized, particularly benefit from this lower
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contrast between lower and upper case glyphs. In German, with its many
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capitalised words, and in other European languages that use many diacritical
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characters, it is advised to use more leading.</p>
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<p>Being a transitional design, stylistically Playfair can accompany Georgia,
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where Georgia is used for body text.</p>
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<p>Playfair's downloaded font files include a full set of
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<a href="http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Playfair+Display+SC">small caps</a>, common ligatures, and
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discretionary ligatures. For Polish, a set of alternate diacritical characters
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designed with ‘kreska’s are included. All European languages using the latin
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script are supported. A set of eight arrow devices are also included.</p>
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<p>To contribute to the project contact <a
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href="mailto:es@forthehearts.net">Claus Eggers Sørensen</a>.</p>
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<p>Updated in Nov 2013 with many small improvements, especially to
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the Cyrillic.</p>
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