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+The `helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation` package
+===============================================
+
+**for typesetting beautiful in-line microtonal just intonation accidentals**
+
+ (v1.1 -- 2020-05-19)
+
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+The Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI), devised in the early 2000s by Marc Sabat and Wolfgang
+von Schweinitz, explicitly notates the raising and lowering of the _untempered_ diatonic Pythagorean
+notes by specific microtonal ratios defined for each prime. It provides visually distinctive "logos"
+distinguishing families of justly tuned intervals that relate to the harmonic series. These take the
+form of strings of additional accidental symbols based on historical precedents, extending the
+traditional sharps and flats. Since its 2020 update, HEJI ver. 2 ("HEJI2") provides unique
+microtonal symbols through the 47-limit.
+
+The `helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation` package is a simple LaTeX implementation of HEJI2 that
+allows for in-line typesetting of microtonal accidentals for use within theoretical texts, program
+notes, symbol legends, etc.
+
+The documentation may be found in `helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation.pdf`.
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+First, install the HEJI2Text.otf font file (available in .zip folder or from under JI RESOURCES at
+plainsound.org).
+
+Then to install the LaTeX package, use one of the following methods:
+
+- Use the package manager of your TeX system
+ * TeXLive: `tlmgr install helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation`
+ * MiKTeX: search for `helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation` in the MiKTeX Package Manager
+
+- Get the source (`helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation.zip`) from CTAN and extract it, run `latex` on
+ `helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation.ins` to generate the package and configuration files, and move
+ all generated files into a directory where LaTeX will find them,
+ e.g., `MiKTeX X.X/tex/latex/helmholtz-ellis-ji-notation/`.
+
+
+License
+-------
+
+The HEJI2Text.otf font and all accompanying LaTeX support documents are licensed under the
+Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license,
+visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
+
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Copyright (cc) 2020 Thomas Nicholson `<thomas@thomasnicholson.ca>`
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------