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| author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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| committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/fonts/cherokee/README b/fonts/cherokee/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..aa54981ce8 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/cherokee/README @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +The Cherokee script was designed in 1821 by Segwoya. + +The alphabet is essentially syllabic, only 6 characters (a e i o s u) +correspond to Roman letters: the font encodes these to the corresponding +roman letter. The remaining 79 characters have been arbitrarily encoded +in the range 38-122; the cherokee package provides commands that map +each such syllable to the appropriate character; for example, Segwoya +himself would be represented \Cse\Cgwo\Cya .
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