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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/archaic/nabatean-README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/archaic/nabatean-README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9672f9a8335 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/archaic/nabatean-README @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ + The nabatean bundle provides packages and fonts for the Nabatean script +used in the Middle East between the fourth centuries BC and AD. +The bundle is one of a series for archaic scripts. + +Changes in version 1.2 (2005/06/16) +o Font supplied as PostScript Type1 as well as METAFONT + +Changes in version 1.1 (2000/09/30) +o Minor changes to glyph encodings + +Changes in version 1.0 (1999/03/14) +o First public release + +------------------------------------------------------------------ + Author: Peter Wilson (Herries Press) herries dot press at earthlink dot net + Copyright 1999--2005 Peter R. Wilson + + This work may be distributed and/or modified under the + conditions of the Latex Project Public License, either + version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any + later version. + The latest version of the license is in + http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt + and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of + LaTeX version 2003/06/01 or later. + + This work has the LPPL maintenance status "author-maintained". + + This work consists of the files: + README (this file) + nabatean.dtx + nabatean.ins + nabatean.pdf + and the derived files + nabatean.sty + ot1nab10.fd + t1nab10.fd + nabatean.map + nab10.mf + +------------------------------------------------------------------ + The distribution consists of the following files: +README (this file) +nabatean.dtx +nabatean.ins +nabatean.pdf (user manual) +trynabatean.tex (example usage) +trynabatean.pdf +nab10.afm +nab10.pfb +nab10.tfm + + To install the bundle: +o If you want MetaFont sources uncomment the appropriate lines in nabatean.ins. +o run: latex nabatean.ins, which will generate: + nabatean.sty + *.fd files + nabatean.map + and possibly nab10.mf +o Move *.sty and *.fd files to a location where LaTeX will find them + e.g., .../texmf-local/tex/latex/nabatean +o Move *.afm, *.pfb and *.tfm files to where LaTeX looks for font information + e.g., .../texmf-var/fonts/afm/public/archaic/*.afm + .../texmf-var/fonts/type1/public/archaic/*.pfb + .../texmf-var/fonts/tfm/public/archaic/*.tfm +o Add the *.map information to the dvips/pdftex font maps + If you want the MetaFont version as well: + o Move the *.mf files to, e.g., .../texmf-var/fonts/source/public/nabatean + o Add a line like the following to the (texmf/fontname/)special.map file: + nab10.mf public nabatean +o Refresh the database + (for more information on the above see the FAQ). + +o run: (pdf)latex trynabatean for a test of the font + + If you want a full manual with all the MetaFont and LaTeX code and commentry, +comment out the \OnlyDescription line in nabatean.dtx. +o run: (pdf)latex nabatean.dtx +o (for an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist *.idx) +o run: (pdf)latex *.dtx +o Print *.(pdf|dvi) for a hardcopy of the package manual + +2005/03/31 +Peter Wilson +herries dot press at earthlink dot net + + + + + + + + + + + + + The protosem package provides fonts for the Proto-Semitic script in use +about 1600 BC, and which may have been a very early ancestor of many of the +world's alphabets. Files for using the font with LaTeX are also included. +This is one of a series of ancient fonts. + + The distribution consists of the following files: +README (this file) +protosem.ins +protosem.dtx +tryfont.tex + + The distribution is provided under the terms of the LaTeX +Project Public License (LPPL). + +Changes in version 1.1 +---------------------- +o Minor changes to the glyph encoding to match other fonts in the series + + To install the package: +o run: latex protosem.ins, which will generate: + proto*.mf files + *.fd files + protosem.sty +o run: latex protosem.dtx +o run: makeindex -s gind.ist protosem +o run: latex protosem.dtx +o Print protosem.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual +o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them. + For example: the *.fd and .sty files to .../local/texmf/tex/latex/protosem + the proto*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/protosem + On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add the following + line to texmf/fontname/special.map: + proto10.mf public protosem + On a teTeX distribution remember to run texhash after moving the files. + +o run: latex tryfont for a testpage of the Proto-Semitic font + +2000/09/30 +Peter Wilson +peter.r.wilson@boeing.com |