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+This directory contains enhanced type-1 versions of the popular skak
+fonts (for diagrams and figurine notation). Plus a special version of
+Eric Bentzen's ChessAlpha font for typesetting with the packages
+'chessboard' and 'chessfss' by Ulrike Fischer.
+
+Copy
+*.pfb to texmf/fonts/type1
+*.tfm to texmf/fonts/tfm
+*.map to texmf/dvips/config
+or where your system expect to find them.
+
+Package contents
+=======================================================================
+README this file
+SkakNew-Diagram.afm Adobe font metrics file used to generate tfm's
+SkakNew-Diagram.inf font information file
+SkakNew-Diagram.pfb printer font binary file
+SkakNew-Diagram.pfm printer font metrics file
+SkakNew-Diagram.tfm TeX font metrics file
+SkakNew-DiagramT.afm Adobe font metrics file used to generate tfm's
+SkakNew-DiagramT.inf font information file
+SkakNew-DiagramT.pfb printer font binary file
+SkakNew-DiagramT.pfm printer font metrics file
+SkakNew-DiagramT.tfm TeX font metrics file
+SkakNew-Figurine.afm Adobe font metrics file
+SkakNew-Figurine.inf font information file
+SkakNew-Figurine.pfb printer font binary file
+SkakNew-Figurine.pfm printer font metrics file
+SkakNew-Figurine.tfm TeX font metrics file
+SkakNew-FigurineBold.afm Adobe font metrics file
+SkakNew-FigurineBold.inf font information file
+SkakNew-FigurineBold.pfb printer font binary file
+SkakNew-FigurineBold.pfm printer font metrics file
+SkakNew-FigurineBold.tfm TeX font metrics file
+AlphaDia.afm Adobe font metrics file used to generate tfm's
+AlphaDia.inf font information file
+AlphaDia.pfb printer font binary file
+AlphaDia.pfm printer font metrics file
+AlphaDia.tfm TeX font metrics file
+
+SkakNew.map font mapping file for pdftex or dvips
+SkakNew.pdf documentation/installation guide
+SkakNew.tex documentation/installation guide source
+
+fonttables.pdf Font table showing all chars
+
+install.vtex installation instructions for VTeX
+SkakNew.ali needed by VTeX
+
+Please read install.vtex for installation instructions for VTeX.
+The files have been made available by Walter Schmidt.
+
+Changes:
+========
+February 2009
+-------------
+New versions of all fonts with small corrections. OpenType versions.
+
+January 2008
+------------
+Added AlphaDia.*
+New versions of Skak-Diagram*.* (technical clean-up)
+
+May 2006
+--------
+This is version 1.3 of SkakNew-Diagram and SkakNew-DiagramT. I have
+added some character 'masks' for use with the new version of chessfss
+and chessboard by Ulrike Fischer. Their main task is for separately
+colouring borders, fields, character outlines, and character inlines.
+For more information see the documentation of the resp. styles. PDFs
+showing the font layout are supplied.