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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/archaic/viking-README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/archaic/viking-README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8b4d1acf3ea --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/archaic/viking-README @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + The viking package provides fonts for the runic script used by the vikings +in Scandinavia from about 700 AD to about 1200 AD. It is based on and meant as +adn addition to Peter Wilsons collection of ancient fonts. + + The distribution consists of the following files: +README.txt (this file) +viking.ins +viking.dtx +try_vik.tex + + The distribution is provided under the terms of the LaTeX +Project Public License (LPPL). + + To install the package: +o run: latex viking.ins, which will generate: + vik*.mf files + *.fd files + viking.sty +o run: latex viking.dtx or: pdflatex viking.dtx +o run: makeindex -s gind.ist viking +o run: latex viking.dtx or: pdflatex viking.dtx +o Print viking.dvi (or viking.pdf) for a hardcopy of the package manual +o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them. + For example: the vik*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/viking + the *.fd and .sty files to /texmf/tex/latex/local/viking + On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add the following + line to texmf/fontname/special.map: + fut10.mf public viking + On a teTeX distribution remember to run texhash after moving the files. + + On a MikTeX distribution you will have to refresh the filename database + from the MikTeX options program. +o run: latex try_vik or pdflatex try_vik + for a testpage of this Runic font + +2003/08/12 +Uwe Zimmermann +Uwe.Zimmermann@sciencetronics.com |