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README.PRW
Some, if not all, of the subdirectories in the archaic directory provide a
-series of METAFONT fonts and LaTeX packages for typesetting example texts
-with ancient alphabets and scripts. These are scripts that were in use
+series of PostScript Type1 fonts[1] and LaTeX packages for typesetting example
+texts with ancient alphabets and scripts. These are scripts that were in use
from about 1600 BC until the first century or so AD.
Not all of the possible scripts are provided --- they number in
@@ -30,15 +30,20 @@ Script Century Subdirectory
Hieroglyphics 30 BC hieroglf
Linear B 15 BC linearb
Ugaritic Cuneiform 13 BC ugarite
+Aramaic 10--5 BC aramaic
Cypriot 9 BC cypriot
Old Persian 5 BC oldprsn
+South Arabian 6 BC -- 4 AD sarabian
+Nabatean 4 BC -- 4 AD nabatean
The small OandS font, in subdirectory oands, contains a few odd
characters for use in translitering some of the above scripts.
+ The file archaicprw.map is a map file for the above fonts.
+
I may, or may not, as the case will be, perhaps add to the collection.
- The file asamples.ps is a Postscript file which displays samples of each of
+ The file asamples.pdf is a PDF file which displays samples of each of
the script fonts that I have developed.
This distribution is released under the terms of the LaTeX Project
@@ -48,6 +53,10 @@ Public License (LPPL).
archaic directory. It is not mine, although the CTAN maintainers were kind
enough to create it at my request.
-Peter W.
-peter.r.wilson@boeing.com
-16 September 2000
+
+[1] The Type1 fonts were originally developed using METAFONT and then converted
+ to PostScript Type1 format.
+
+Peter Wilson
+herries dot press at earthlink dot net
+2005/11/12