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+=========================================================================
+ FIGBAS (minifonts for figured-bass ligatures)
+=========================================================================
+
+ version 1.0.3
+ 2013-01-24
+ Bob Tennent
+ rdt(a)tennent.ca
+
+This package provides three Postscript Type 1 mini-fonts cmrj,
+cmssj, plrj (and associated map file and metric files) with just
+five "ligatures" for the combinations 2+, 4+, 5+, 6+, and 9+ used
+in figured-bass notation in baroque music. The fonts are intended
+for use with Computer Modern (cmr), Computer Modern Sans (cmss), and
+Palatino/Palladio (pplr), respectively.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+Unzip the archive tex-archive/install/fonts/figbas.tds.zip at the root
+of a texmf hierarchy, preferably a "local" tree, such as $HOME/texmf
+or /usr/local/share/texmf on a Un*x-like system or C:\localtexmf on a
+Windows system; the documentation of your TeX distribution should tell
+you where to install new files.
+
+Updating the Filename Database
+------------------------------
+
+Most TeX systems improve the efficiency of file access by maintaining
+a data base of file names. The documentation of your TeX distribution
+should tell you what you have to do to update this data base after
+adding new files. For example, on a teTeX-based system, execute
+
+ texhash
+
+On a MikTeX system, execute
+
+ initexmf -u
+
+or click on Options and then the Refresh button for the file-name
+database.
+
+
+Configuring the Font Maps
+-------------------------
+
+TeX systems maintain map files which associate font files with font
+names. The file figbas.map in the archive defines the appropriate
+associations for these fonts. The documentation of your TeX
+distribution should tell you what you have to do to add the
+associations in figbas.map to the global map file or files. For
+example, on a TeXLive system, execute
+
+ updmap --enable Map=figbas.map
+
+or add
+
+ Map figbas.map
+
+to updmap.cfg and run updmap (as a user) or updmap-sys (as root).
+
+On a MikTeX system:
+
+ + Run
+
+initexmf --edit-config-file updmap
+
+and add the following at the end of the file:
+
+Map figbas.map
+
+ + Save the file and exit Notepad.
+
+ + Refresh the file-name database and run
+
+initexmf --mkmaps
+
+
+Using the Fonts
+---------------
+
+The fonts might be used in a TeX-based format such as MusixTeX as
+follows:
+
+ % Uncomment one of the following three lines:
+ % \font\figfont=cmr7 \font\figplus=cmrj at 7pt
+ % \font\figfont=cmss8 at 7pt \font\figplus=cmssj at 7pt
+ \font\figfont=pplr8r at 7pt \font\figplus=plrj at 7pt
+
+ \def\twopl{\figplus 2}
+ \def\fourpl{\figplus 4}
+ \def\fivepl{\figplus 5}
+ \def\sixpl{\figplus 6}
+ \def\ninepl{\figplus 9}
+
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+plrj.pfb is based on glyphs from the Palladio L Roman font by
+
+ URW++ Design and Development Incorporated
+ Poppenbuetteler Bogen 29A
+ D-22399 Hamburg
+ Germany
+ tel. +49 (40) 60 60 50
+ fax +49 (40) 60 60 51 11
+ http://www.urwpp.de
+
+which is licensed under the GPL. The same license applies to plrj.pfb.
+The font may be embedded in non-GPLed documents.
+
+cmrj.pfb and cmssj.pfb are based on glyphs from the so-called "bluesky"
+type-1 version of Knuth's Computer Modern Roman and Sans fonts. The
+copyright to these type-1 fonts is now held by the AMS but modification
+and distribution without their copyright notice is allowed; cmrj.pfb and
+cmssj.pfb are licensed under the LPPL.