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+README for ض (dad) package, 2014/09/08, v1.0
+
+TABLE OF CONTENTS
+=================
+
+1 Introduction
+2 Download
+3 Installation
+4 Additional Packages
+5 Package Compatibility
+6 Authors/Maintainer
+7 Bug Reports
+8 Known Problems
+
+
+1 INTRODUCTION
+==============
+
+This LaTeX package allows simple typesetting in Arabic script, intended for mixed Latin-Arabic script usage, in situations where heavy-duty solutions are discouraged.
+The ض system operates with both Unicode and transliterated input, allowing the user to choose the most appropriate approach for every situation.
+
+A paper describing the package has been submitted to TUGboat.
+
+This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License
+(LPPL). See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for the
+details of that license.
+
+2 DOWNLOAD
+==========
+
+ض should become available on CTAN soon:
+ CTAN:/language/arabic/dad/
+
+The distribution contains the following files:
+
+2.1 FONT FILES AND RELATED FILES
+================================
+dadbold.ofm
+dad.ofm
+dadmono.ofm
+dadmono.ovf
+dadbold.ovf
+dad.ovf
+Dad-mono.pfb
+Dad-bold.pfb
+Dad.pfb
+Dad.afm
+Dad-mono.afm
+Dad-bold.afm
+dadrealbold.tfm
+dadreal.tfm
+dadrealmono.tfm
+dad.map
+dad.sty
+OT1dad.fd
+T1dad.fd
+
+2.2 DOCUMENTATION
+=================
+dad-user-guide.pdf
+dad-user-guide.tex
+dad-user-guide.bib
+
+2.4 PERL SCRIPTS FOR UTF-8 <-> TRANSLITERATION CONVERSION
+=========================================================
+dad-to-utf8.pl
+utf8-to-dad.pl
+
+2.3 FILES USED FOR GENERATING THE FONT METRIC FILES
+===================================================
+make-dad-font.pl
+dadbold.adjust
+dad.adjust
+dadmono.adjust
+
+3 INSTALLATION
+==============
+
+Place the files in directories where TeX can find them.
+
+4 ADDITIONAL PACKAGES
+=====================
+
+ض itself does not load other packages.
+
+5 PACKAGE COMPATIBILITY
+=======================
+
+To typeset with this package you need lualatex.
+To generate the OVF and OFM files from OVP you need wovp2ovf version
+higher or equal than 1.13 (build 34787).
+
+6 AUTHOR/MAINTAINER
+=====================
+
+* Author and maintainer of the package:
+ Yannis Haralambous
+
+7 BUG REPORTS
+==============
+
+A bug report should contain:
+* Comprehensive problem description. This includes error or
+ warning messages.
+* \errorcontextlines=\maxdimen can be added in the
+ TeX code to get more information in TeX error messages.
+* Minimal test file that shows the problem, but does not
+ contain any unnecessary packages and code.
+* Used drivers/programs.
+* Version information about used packages and programs.
+* If you are using LaTeX, then add "\listfiles". Then
+ a list of version information is printed at the end
+ of the LaTeX run.
+* Please no other files than the minimal test file.
+ The other files .log, .dvi, .ps, .pdf are seldom
+ necessary, so send them only on request.
+* Please .zip or .tar.gz your file(s) before sending them!
+
+Bug address
+-----------
+Bug reports can be sent to the maintainer:
+ Yannis Haralambous
+ <yannis [dot] haralambous [at] telecom-bretagne [dot] eu>
+
+
+8 KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=================
+
+LuaTeX has a bug which will result in bad typesetting and crashes.
+The bug has been reported in July 2014 under the following number:
+http://tracker.luatex.org/view.php?id=912&history=1#history
+We are still waiting for the LuaTeX team to do something about it...