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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/hieroglf/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/hieroglf/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..27dcc8b3910 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/hieroglf/README @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ + The hieroglf package provides a Metafont version of about 60 +Egyptian hieroglyphs from Serge Rosmorduc's comprehensive hieroglyph +package. Sufficient glyphs are provided for writing a few names like +Cleopatra and Ptomemy (together with cartouches), and there is a +command for transliterating into a modern alphabet. The package +is not for serious Egyptologists. + + Hieroglyphic writing was used between abot 3000 BC and 400 AD. +It is one of a series of archaic fonts. + + The hieroglf package requires the oands package for some symbols +used in the transliteration. + + The distribution consists of the following files: +README (this file) +hieroglf.ins +hieroglf.dtx +tryfont.tex +tryfont.pdf +tryfont.ps + + The distribution is provided under the terms of the LaTeX +Project Public License (LPPL). + + To install the package: +o run: latex hieroglf.ins, which will generate: + pmhg.mf + *.fd files + hieroglf.sty +o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them. + For example: the pmhg*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/hieroglf + the *.fd and .sty files to /texmf/tex/latex/local/hieroglf + On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add the following + line to texmf/fontname/special.map: + pmhg.mf public hieroglf + On a teTeX distribution remember to run texhash after moving the files. + + To get the documentation: +NOTE: It is useful, but not essential, to have access to the docmfp package. + If this is not available, read the first few lines of hieroglf.dtx + as to what to do. +o run: latex hieroglf.dtx +o if you want an index, run: makeindex -s gind.ist hieroglf +o run: latex hieroglf.dtx +o Print hieroglf.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual +o run: latex tryfont for a testpage of the hieroglf font + +2000/09/23 +Peter Wilson +peter.r.wilson@boeing.com |