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commit 62a66bd482a4a7389a625df2dfe8b5621a7ccd61
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 5 08:02:17 2025 -0500
NEWS: Recast item, reflecting commit aac609bb1f.
...on 7 June.
Also credit Deri for construction of the new "SS" font for PDF.
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NEWS | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8985d2fc5..e22824daa 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ troff
* In compatibility mode, GNU troff now accepts delimiters that it
rejects when not in compatibility mode--namely, ordinary characters
- that are meaningful in numeric expressions (which are often
+ that can validly begin numeric expressions (which are often
delimited). This change improves compatibility with AT&T troff.
eqn
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ Output drivers
a standard PDF font. Formerly, groff's "pdf.tmac" file defined
fallback characters for lowercase Greek letters, applying a slant of
16 degrees to the upright glyphs available in the standard symbol
- font "S". That technique produced glyphs that were slightly too
- large for those accustomed to grops's "SS" font.
+ font "S". That technique produced glyphs slightly larger than those
+ in grops's "SS" font. Thanks to Deri James.
* grops(1), the PostScript output driver, now supports fonts encoded
using UTF-16. Indicate the encoding by including the string
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