GFS Fleischman, a majuscule Greek font family
built by guoguo
completed Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:39:08 UTC
Description
As it is known, the Greek alphabet was used in majuscule form for over a
millennium before the minuscule letters gradually replaced it until they became
the official script in the 9th century A.D. Thereafter, majuscule letters were
confined to sparse use as initials or elaborate titles until the Italian
Renaissance.
The new art of Typography, as well as the need of the humanists to mimic the
ancient Greco-Roman period brought back the extensive use of the majuscule
letter-forms in both Latin and Greek typography. Greek books of the time were
printed using the contemporary Byzantine hand with which they combined capital
letters modeled on the Roman antiquity, i.e. with thick and thin strokes and
serifs. At the same time the Byzantine majuscule tradition, principally used on
theological editions, remained alive until the early 19th century.
GFS Fleischman was cut by Johann Michael Fleischman, type cutter of the Dutch
Enschedé foundry and follows the baroque style of the mid-18th century
aesthetics.
It has been designed by George D. Matthiopoulos.
RPMs
2 files, 2 archessrc
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Logs
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Changelog
* Wed Jul 15 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20080303-43 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Mass_Rebuild * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20080303-42 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild * Wed Jul 23 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20080303-41 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jan 16 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20080303-40 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 20080303-39 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild