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