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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/astro/astrosym.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/astro/astrosym.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6f4bd3bb7ae --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/astro/astrosym.txt @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +% ASTROSYM.TXT : AstroSym (Version 2.20, Aug. 10, 2002) - file 1 of 8 +% Peter Schmitt eMail: Peter.Schmitt@univie.ac.at +% Institute of Mathematics, University of Vienna Vienna, Austria +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + +*************************************** +*** AstroSym : astronomical symbols *** +*************************************** +* ( Version 2.2 --- August 10, 2002 ) * +*************************************** + +ASTROSYM is a font containing astronomical symbols, including those +used for the planets, four planetoids, the phases of the moon, +the signs of the zodiac, and some additional symbols. +The shapes of the symbols are taken from various sources. +For some symbols more than one shape was found - for these +symbols variants are included. +Some shapes were reviewed by some historians and astronomers, and the +`main shape' reflects their preference. + +The main style used for the symbols in AstroSym is calligraphic (strokes +of varying breadth). An additional version uses a uniform stroke. +It is supplied in two variants (thin and thick strokes). +The size of the symbols, and the breadth of the stroke, can easily +be changed in the driver file. +A particular set of symbols for the phases of the moon (with a `face') +is provided in one version only. +The MetaFont code of AstroSym uses the plain base, but is completely +independent of the cm-fonts. + +The AstroSym-font contains the following characters: + calligraphic style: + \char0 - \char10 : main shape - the planetary system + \char11 - \char22 : main shape - the signs of the zodiac + \char23 - \char32 and + \char56 & \char57 and + \char68 : variant shapes + \char33 - \char38 and + \char58 - \char65 : additional astronomical and astrological symbols + \char69 : a variant shape + \char48 - \char55 and + \char66 & \char67 : the four main planetoids, Chiron and Lilith + (and variants) + \char10 and \char39 - \char47 : phases of the moon, and variants + extra symbols: + \char90 - \char95 : phases of the moon, with `face' + uniform stroke, bold : \char100 - \char169 + uniform stroke, thin : \char200 - \char255 , \char178 - \char191 + +This is a preliminary version. + The shape of some symbols may need improvement. + In particular, symmetric symbols are not (yet) all guarded + against rounding effects. + +Remark: The original arrangement of symbols is retained for full compatibility. + However, since the symbols should be used via macros, + this seems not to be important and + a more logical ordering may be used in a later version. + +*** version 2.20 +*** new : characters 55-69,155-169 and 178-191,255 + including: Lilith, Chiron (2 versions), + three signs for Pluto (Pluto 4,5,6), and + (there seems to be no agreement on this sign!) + nine additional astronomical/astrological symbols +Thus, version 2.20 contains 70 characters each in three styles, + plus 6 characters + (compared to 55 characters in three styles in 2.00, + and 29 characters in three styles in 1.00). +*** version 2.00 (preliminary) *** +*** new : characters 29-54,129-154,229-254 and 91-95 + including: symbols for phases of the moon + six additional astronomical characters + Terra 2, Mars 2, Pluto 3 + Libra 3 (enlarged symbol) + symbols for four planetoids + ( Ceres, Juno, Pallas, Vesta + and Ceres 2, Juno 2, Vesta 2 ) + +The package contains the following seven files: + ASTROSYM.TXT this file + ASTROSYM.MF the driver file + ASTROSYM.MAC the macro file + ASTROSYM.CMN character definitions - common to both styles + ASTROSYM.CAL character definitions - calligraphic style only + ASTROSYM.UNI character definitions - uniform stroke only + ASTROSYM.XTR character definitions - extra symbols (one version only) + ASTROSYM.TEX sample file with symbol list (for plain TeX) + +Sorry, so far no .fd file for LaTeX2e is provided ( I do not use LaTeX :-) + +Comments and suggestions are welcome. +Since I am curious if the font is useful (and how it looks in practice) +I would appreciate a short message (with reference) - or even some sample +page(s) - if it is used in a publication. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% License %% + +Since CTAN requires a license a statement: + This is free software, LPPL (LaTeX Project Public License). + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%% History %% + +version 1.00 May 1, 1992 : \char 0-28,100-128,200-228 +version 1.90 March 17, 1997 (preliminary, never published) + added : \char 29-47,90-95,129-147,229-247 + corrected bugs : + (1) font_size : cm# sharp dimension needed (pointed out by ** ) + `cm' can cause checksum error + (2) [10] Luna (calligraphic) : improved calculation + to avoid potential arithmetic overflow + (reported by Jochen Cammin) + (3) [111] [211] Aries : + wrong point (Br instead of br) in computation of b + has caused a distorted shape +version 2.00 February 14, 1999 + added \char 48-54,148-154,248-254 + corrected bugs : + (1) [11] slight change to avoid `strange path' + with certain resolutions (hopefully) + (2) renamed ASTROSYM.COM to ASTROSYM.CMN + ( extension .com has irritated some software, + e.g., during downloading ) +version 2.00 June 25, 2002 + After adding various symbols (on special request) in 1997 and 1999 + I always intended to make the new versions available on CTAN + (after some cleaning up, or so). + But, alas, this never happened :-( + Therefore, it probably is best to publish them as they are, + saving improvments for some update in the future. + (3) renamed ASTROSYM.DOC to ASTROSYM.TXT + ( to avoid confusion with Word documents :-) +version 2.10 March 3, 1999 (never published) + added \char 55-65,155-165,255,178-187 + (I did not think of this extension when publishing version 2.00.) +version 2.20 August 10, 2002 + added \char 66-69,166-169,188-191 + (1) \char38,138,238 (Quadrature) : bug fix (missing semi-colon) + (2) \char156,157,178,179 (Pluto 4,5) : fitting signs to their box + ( modified macro REND + - this affects \char148,149,248,249 (Ceres,Ceres2) ) + (3) the following characters produce errors for some low resolutions: + \char16 (Virgo) : looks usable + \char18 (Scorpio) : looks usable + \char94 (moon face: last quarter - inverse) : missing +========================================================== + Peter Schmitt Strudlhofgasse 4 + Institut f\"ur Mathematik A-1090 Wien + Universit\"at Wien Austria +---------------------------------------------------------- + Peter.Schmitt@univie.ac.at +========================================================== + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%%% end of ASTROSYM.TXT %%% |