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+ 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