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  • CTAN update: LXGW-fonts

    From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Mon Dec 1 17:28:58 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

    LXGW-fonts

    package.

    Version: 1.521B 2025-11-30
    License: ofl

    Summary description: An unprofessional open-source Chinese font family

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

    - Use the lite version of TTF files.

    - Change the typeset layout of the demo file.

    - Fixed the wrong URL in README.md.

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts/

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    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Fri Dec 5 09:08:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

    LXGW-fonts

    package.

    Version: 1.521E 2025-12-04
    License: ofl

    Summary description: An unprofessional open-source Chinese font family

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

    - Provide ctex fontset configuration: lxgw, for both XeTeX (fontspec)
    and pdfTeX (mapping)

    - Reduce the usage of `\*fontspec` instead of predefined commands
    in CTeX fontset in demo.

    - Apply `\tex_tracinglostchars:D` to some chars in demo.

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts/

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Sat Dec 6 21:00:46 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

    LXGW-fonts

    package.

    Version: 1.521F 2025-12-06
    License: ofl

    Summary description: A CJK font family with a comprehensive character set

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

    - Change the `cmap` to from `UniGB-UTF16-H` to `unicode` for
    pdfTeX and upTeX

    - Changed `zhmappdf`.

    - Included the `.spa` file to ensure the best typesetting of
    punctuation compression under `latex` + `dvipdfmx`.

    - Finished literature programming: the implementation of the ctex-kit
    fontset configuration for the LXGW font family is available now.

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts/

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Mon Dec 8 21:17:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

    LXGW-fonts

    package.

    Version: 1.521G 2025-12-08
    License: ofl

    Summary description: A CJK font family with a comprehensive character set

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

    - Fixed a bug of fontset configuration for `upTeX`: replace the
    bold type JFM name `upzhserifitb` with the default fallback one

    - Optimized the `ctex-spa-lxgw.tex` script.

    - Make the bold version of the main font heavier

    - Optimized the `build.lua` script, replaced some lines to
    interface provided by `l3build`;
    Enabled the tagging function for bumping easily

    - Added Index in the manual

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts/

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

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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  • From CTAN Announcements@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Fri Dec 12 18:32:34 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

    LXGW-fonts

    package.

    Version number: 1.521H 2025-12-11
    License type: ofl

    Summary description: A CJK font family with a comprehensive character set

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


    Version 1.521H released.
    - Updated the `.spa` file for punctation compression.
    - Updated the implementation part of the manual.


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    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts

    More information is at
    https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts

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

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun

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  • From CTAN Announcements@erik@ctan.org to ctan-ann on Sun Dec 14 16:08:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

    LXGW-fonts

    package.

    Version number: 1.521I 2025-12-13
    License type: ofl

    Summary description: A CJK font family with a comprehensive character set

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


    Version 1.521I released.
    - ApTeX (aka pTeX-ng) is supported.
    - Fixed the wrong cmap.
    - Complete the `\ctex_set_upfonts:nnnnnn` function for the bold type of the sans font when using *pTeX.


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    This package is located at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts

    More information is at
    https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts

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

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun

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  • From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Thu Jan 1 18:22:29 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Mingyu Xia submitted an update to the

    LXGW-fonts

    package.

    Version: 1.521J 2026-01-01
    License: ofl

    Summary description: A CJK font family with a comprehensive character set

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

    - Updated the Copyright information to 2026

    - Fixed a wrong filename in the `.ins` file

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/lxgw-fonts

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/lxgw-fonts/

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

    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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