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+ EXTENSION FOR PHILOLOGICAL TYPESETTING
+
+
+Copyright 2001-2006 Claudio Beccari
+
+The programs contained in this bundle can be redistributed and/or
+modified under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License
+Distributed from CTAN archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt;
+either version 1.3 of the License, or any later version.
+
+This bundle contains the following files
+
+teubner.txt this file
+teubner.dtx documented TeX file
+teubner.ins installation file
+teubner-doc.pdf documentation file
+teubner-doc.tex source documentation file
+
+File teubner-doc.pdf is the documentation file that shows what can
+be done with this extension package and displays several examples.
+The first edition of this file could not resort to scalable type 1 Greek
+fonts (2001); by the end of 2002 such fonts were available on CTAN,
+therefore this edition not only reports the enhancements introduced in
+version 2.0 but also it displays and prints perfectly.
+
+In order to use this extension package with LaTeX you have to
+install it. Run teubner.ins through LaTeX; the generated file is
+teubner.sty and must be moved where TeX the program can find it.
+This depends very much on your particular implementation of the
+TeX system, but if your system copes with the standard TeX
+directory structure and with a multiplicity of different root
+directory structures, you probably have a localtexmf root,
+containing a tex directory which on turn contains a latex
+directory. Under the latter directory create a new directory,
+named, say, teubner, and move there teubner.sty.
+
+I suggest you to create a directory teubner in the doc directory
+of the localtexmf rooted structure and move there both
+teubner-doc.pdf and teubner.dvi that you get by running LaTeX
+directly on teubner.dtx.
+
+For what concerns the fonts, I suggest you download the type 1 pdf fonts
+from CTAN: there you can get also the tfm files and the sources for all
+the Greek and metric symbol files; in case you prefer to use the raster
+fonts generated by METAFONT you can download also the source METAFONT
+files.
+
+
+In the texmf rooted directory structure there should be a file
+under fontname, named special.map; edit such file and possibly add the
+line
+
+gmtr public teubner
+
+possibly preceded by a comment line of the form
+
+@c Metric symbols font
+
+This last task is not really necessary, but it is useful, because
+the generated tfm and pixel files will be automatically deposited
+in the proper directories, with no confusion with other fonts.
+
+Another important step is to control that you have the latest CB
+Greek fonts; even if you got them installed with the TeX system
+installation program, may be they are not the latest version,
+compatible with this extension package. Control your cbgreek.txt
+file and at the end of the file there is its date; this date
+should be not earlier than 15th of August 2002. If the date is earlier
+than this, connect to CTAN and download the latest version of the CB
+Greek fonts both in METAFONT and in pfb type 1 format. Follow the
+instructions for inserting the proper files in the proper directories,
+and for adding the proper map file to the configuration files of dvips
+and pdfLaTeX. If you already had the metric tfm files, remember to
+delete them in order to have them generated on the fly by LaTeX or
+pdfLaTeX, or download the newer tfm files from CTAN.
+
+
+Another question you might ask yourself: is my TeX system complete and
+up to date? The fact you installed a TeX system and you did not have the
+CB fonts may be an index that you still have the babel package locked at
+a version number earlier than 3.7. I suggest you to upgrade your TeX
+system to the most up to date one you can find on CTAN.
+
+After all these steps are done, you are ready to use your teubner
+extensions; it will not be easy at the beginning, because there
+are hundreds of new commands. Be sure to have already thoroughly
+read the documentation file teubner-doc.pdf and that you have the
+hard copy close to you. Remember though that most commands are
+latin names or abbreviations that should be familiar to any
+philologist specialized in classical/ancient European languages,
+such as classical Greek, classical Latin, et cetera.
+
+This set of extension commands has been tested in several
+documents; nevertheless I prepared them as a hobby, in the hope of
+helping a philologist friend. I hope this package may be useful
+also to you, but I must disclaim any liability for any unwanted
+results you might get, including the worst possible things that my
+happen to anybody working with a computer. I will not write down
+any strong disclaimer sentence in capital letters, because it
+should be absolutely evident that I did something I consider
+useful, but is up to you to decide to use it and to face the
+consequences (... which nevertheless I hope they are what you
+expected).
+
+If you find this package of some utility and you find some errors
+and/or some glitches, please write me by e-mail
+(claudio.beccari@polito.it). If you'd like me to realize some other
+commands, please send me by e-mail your request together with a
+scanned image containing the visual result you'd like to obtain. I
+do not guarantee I'll be able to satisfy your request, but I'll
+give it a try. In any case don't ask things LaTeX can't do; and if
+you use LaTeX, you know what are its pros and cons.
+
+Happy philological LaTeXing!
+
+Claudio Beccari
+Dipartimento di Elettronica
+Politecnico di Torino, Italy
+
+Turin, 16th of January 2006