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[For some of the previous history see the + final notes on Ibycus 3, from May 30, 1966 in README.ibycus3] + + ( THIS IS A TDS-CONFORMANT PACKAGE ) + +BE SURE THAT ibycus4.map HAS BEEN MADE ACCESSIBLE AS DESCRIBED BELOW + +FOR INCOMPATIBILITIES WITH IBYCUS3, SEARCH FOR %%%%%%%%%%%% on page 3. + +Like its predecessors, Ibycus4 is based on Silvio Levy's +realization of a classic Didot cut of Greek type from around 1800. +Ibycus4 is as close as possible to Ibycus3 in all possible +respects, but there are some improved set widths and pair-kernings +which might clobber old carefully adjusted text spacings +such as Alexandrian shaped poetry. + +A sample input file is provided in iby4text.tex or ibycus4.ltx + +PLAIN TeX USAGE: \input iby4text + + then: \setgreek10/12 (or other reasonable combination + of pointsize and leading) + + then: Latin text \GK{}a)rxai=a gra'mmata\RM{} Latin again. + + NOTE that the ) is a smooth breathing, not a parenthesis. + +LaTeX2e USAGE: \usepackage{ibycus4} + + then: Latin text {\greek{a)rxai=a gra'mmata}} Latin again. + (Note the double braces, there is a font change here.) + + change font size with the \fontsize macro, thus: + + \fontsize{14}{17pt}\selectfont + + +The TeX files in $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibycus4 together with the METAFONT +files in $TEXMF/fonts/source/public/ibycus4 {\em especially +ibycus4.map} are intended to provide a reasonable degree of +compatibility between David Packard Jr.'s Ibycus/TLG system, and the +TeX and METAFONT environment. If you are not using Karl Berry's +path-searching or its equivalent, these TeX files may have to be moved +to an appropriate branch directory of $TEXMF/tex/ + continues . . . + + README Page 2 + +The TeX files are: + + 1. $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibycus4/ibycus4.tex + + The driver file for this package (in plain tex). + + 1a. $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibycus4/ibycus4.sty + + The driver file for this package (in LaTeX2e). + + 2. $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibycus4/setiby4.tex + + Included by ibygrk.tex unless newnep format is running + + 3. $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibycus4/tlgsqq.tex + + The name suggests the association with coding of the + Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. + + This file provides uniquely named macros for all combinations + of letter and accent, so that any invocation of the macro will + produce a sequence of characters corresponding with the + entries put into the TFM ligature table. These sequences may + always be used to generate accented characters. They are + based, with some slight modifications where David Packard's Ibycus + input coding seems too misleading, on the Ibycus adaptation of + TLG beta-code. + + For input coding, the parentheses, ) and ( are used for + breathings, ' (ASCII char '047--acute or single quote) and ` + (ASCII char '140--grave) are used for oxytone and barytone (to + avoid preemption of the usual TeX excape character) and = + (ASCII char '075) is used for perispomenon to avoid preemption + of the active tie character in plain.tex. + is used for + dieresis after u or i and for some other special characters. + | is used for iota subscript and ! (ASCII char '041--\bang) is + used to call out the "dot-under" convention for partially + preserved letters in manuscript or epigraphical texts. Order + is significant. Breathings or diereses come first, after the + affected letter, then accents, then iota subscript or \bang. + These codings represent the input coding convention, not the + mapping in the font itself. + + The digraphs, trigraphs etc. can be read from tlgsqq.tex + Postpositives fall into three order-dependent and + exclusive classes--only one from each class may be used + in any single accented cluster. + + 1 2 3 + nil nil nil + ( [asper] ' [oxytone] | [iota subscript] + ) [lenis] ` [barytone] ! [dot below letter] + + [other] = [perispomene] + + continues . . . + + README Page 3 + + Some special digraphs are K+ Koppa, k+ koppa, C+ lunate Cigma, + c+ lunate cigma, s+ sampi (lowercase late form only) and s| which + forces a medial sigma. + << and >> give guillemets (not guillemots as Adobe + ornithologically supposes) and (( )) give single parentheses + though care must be taken that the first ( or ) is not + interpreted as a breathing. {((} and {))} are safe. + + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CODINGS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH IBYCUS3 + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + I have tried to keep incompatible codings to the minimum + but the ibycus3 versions of the following were extremely + undesirable. These are all simplifications of ibycus3 coding. + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + The mark of elision is ' or {'} (the form in braces may be + needed to prevent ' from being read as an accent). + Single quotes may be provided by ` {`} and ' {'}, (isolate them + in braces if necessary). Double quotes are `` {``} and + '' {''} (isolate in braces if necessary). < and > are the + angle brackets used for conjectural supplements. + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + + 4. ibycus4.map + + This is {\em exactly} the same file as is used by METAFONT. + Copy $TEXMF/fonts/source/public/ibycus4/ibycus4.map + to the same directory as ibycus4.tex + or, even better, link it with a symbolic link. + It is so structured that it can be read by either + TeX or Metafont. The mapping is very close to that of GreekKeys, + which is distributed for the Macintosh by the American + Philological Association. Other mappings can be created + in the same manner. + + 5. $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibycus4/Uibycus4.fd + + Supporting fd file for LaTeX2e. + + 6. $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibycus4/iby4extr.tex + + Access to some editorial symbols for classical editions. + + continues . . . + + README Page 4 + + 7. $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibygrk/ibycus4.ltx + $TEXMF/tex/generic/ibygrk/iby4text.tex + The exquisite little poem by Ibycus of Rhegium, until recently + almost the only thing known by him. (The Ibycus system + developed by David Packard is only indirectly named after + the poet. The direct inspiration was Packard's cat.) + + M E T A F O N T + +The METAFONT part of the package consists of a set of files which use +the original characters of Silvio Levy's greek fonts and combine them +in ways which reflect the increased capabilities of TeX and METAFONT +developed since Levy did the original greek for TeX. The Levy source +files can be got from one of the CTAN archives and placed in +$TEXMF/fonts/source/public/levy + where they will automatically become +accessible if you are using a TeX Directory Structure [TDS] layout of +files. If you are not using a file searching system like Karl Berry's +"kpathsea", see $TEXMF/fonts/source/public/ibycus4/ibycus4.mf for +hints on making the Levy source available. For directions on the +use and management of Karl Berry's path searching, consult "The TeX +Live Guide, version 2" by Sebastian Rahtz and Michael Goosens, in +{\it TUGboat}. Volume 18 (1997). Pages 81-112, especially pp. 87--9. +Web2c TeX for Unix systems, Thomas Esser's teTeX, and the Solaris package +referenced at http://smc.vnet.net/solaris_2.5.html all use Karl +Berry's path searching. + +Ibycus4 METAFONT files are in $TEXMF/fonts/source/public/ibycus4 + +The most significant changes are: + + 1. The large repertory of initial/medial sigma + letter pairs + is suppressed from the new fonts, and the new enhanced TFM + ligature scheme is used instead to provide for the automatic + differentiation between medial and final sigma. + + 2. The cells thus opened up in the font mapping are used for + a variety of additional characters: + + a. A full repertory of vowels with breathings and + barytone accents (many of these were absent from the + original). The various forms of long epsilon and + omicron with perispomene accent needed for early Attic + and similar local scripts are provided. + + b. Lunate sigma, digamma, koppa and sampi are + provided (the last in its lowercase late form + only, since earlier forms are rather problematic + and are virtually unused even in epigraphical texts). + + c. A simple iota subscript in a 0.5em character space + is provided at position '174 for use in unusual + + continues . . . + + README Page 5 + + groupings. For all normal usages three additional + occurences of the glyph are kerned (in the traditional + sense) far to the left so that they will fit under + alpha, eta and omega respectively. These characters + are called out automatically through the TeX TFM + ligature system, for which see below. The glyph under + eta is shortened slightly to give better clearance + under the left stem of lowercase eta. The iota + subscript glyph retains its simple form in 300dpi + renditions, and in any bitmap which drops below + 500dpi, but it thins out and develops a slight + rightward hook at 600dpi and above. + + d. The mechanism of drastic left kerning is also used + to set dots under letters which cannot be read + completely from the manuscript or stone. These dota + are likewise called out automatically through the TFM + ligature system. A final ! {\bang} after any letter + or letter with postpositive accents (except those + with iota subscripts) will produce the dotted form. + + e. Angle brackets, half brackets, double quotes, braces, + a dagger and a doubledagger are now provided (see + iby4extr.tex). + + 3. All characters have been named. The constructs + ASCII"A" and oct"000" appear only at lower levels + of programming. + + 4. Character spacing has been adjusted through kerning tables, + particularly around lowercase iota (file ibylig4.mf). + There is better separation between breathings and accents + (this has required a redesign of almost all accents) and + clearance between accent and base letter has been increased. + The perispomene has been restored to its traditional form with + a thick center and tapered ends, and the breathings have been + given shorter, tapered tails. The deep ink trap between the + bulb and tail of the breathings has been eliminated. Accents + over epsilon have been raised and slightly shortened to give + better clearance. The accents with diaeresis have been shifted + up and laterally to clear the dot they lean toward. + + 5. Font mapping is specified independently of other + parameters, in a distinct and separate file (file ibycus4.map). + In some cases it may be more effective to remap the font + than to struggle with TeX remapping. + + continues . . . + + README Page 6 + + 6. A programming error which produced the wrong displacement + value with free-standing accents has been corrected. Accents + before uppercase vowels are kerned (in the traditional sense) + out left to a negative left side bearing of about one unit + (1/18em) unit so that their escapement does not leave + excessive space after the preceding word or at the start of a + line. They have also been properly pair-kerned with the + uppercase vowels. + +A new naming convention uses "ibycus4" wherever possible, and +the shorter string "iby4" where that would lead to ambiguity. +some of the individual METAFONT character files are simply +taged with the number 4. 8+3 filename compatibility is preserved. +(under protest and with difficulty). + +The names of PK and TFM files follow Karl Berry's font name convention +( 84 is the encoding for Ibycus 4). + +Foundry Facename Weights Variants Encoding_Variants DesignSize + +f ib [r], b r, o 84 [10], 9, 8 + +fibr84 fibo84 fibb84 + + with METAFONT design-size additions +fibr848 fibo848 fibb848 +fibr849 fibo849 fibb849 + +Driver files for the Bold Oblique variant can be provided but their use +is discouraged. These Didot-derived characters do not stand up well +to either boldfacing or obliqueing, and the combination is quite +unfortunate. The typewriter style originally offered with these +designs is quietly forgotten, although the code for it is still +embedded in Silvio Levy's source. + + Also in the works, a type1 version. + +Pierre A. MacKay +Department of Classics +University of Washington +mackay@cs.washington.edu |