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\Fontlukas\fontsize{40pt}{40pt}\selectfont
Aurical \\
\fontsize{30pt}{30pt}\selectfont %
\textemdash{} a set of three decorative fonts in T1 encoding \textemdash
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This package implements three calligraphic fonts I created for fun in 2004 and
2005, which cover almost all glyphs from T1. The fonts have been created using
fontforge\footnote{\url{fontforge.sourceforge.net}} and
potrace\footnote{\url{potrace.sourceforge.net}}.

Installation: Unpack the provided archive file ``\verb!aurical_texmf.zip!'' to
your local TEXMF directory. Then update your filename database and add the
mapfile ``aurical.map'' to your dvips and pdftex configuration. For example, in
te\TeX 3 you have to issue the commands \texttt{texhash} and \texttt{updmap-sys
--enable aurical.map}. For other systems, consult the corresponding
documentation.


Usage: To use the fonts, just include \verb!\usepackage{aurical}! into the
preamble of your document. Then you can use the commands \verb!\Fontauri!,
\verb!\Fontskrivan!, \verb!\Fontlukas! and \verb!\Fontamici! to select one of
the calligraphic fonts. 

\centering
\fbox{\parbox{0.7\linewidth}{\Fontauri
Auriocus Kalligraphicus is the first of my calligraphic fonts done in April 2004. It contains all glyphs
from T1 except perthousandzero, but many of the non-letter glyphs look odd: \# \$ \%. Its name is a pseudo--latin combination of my
nickname auriocus and the word calligraphic. As the other fonts, it has only oldstyle figures: 0123456789 }}

\fbox{\parbox{0.7\linewidth}{\Fontlukas
Luk\'a\v s Svatba has been made originally for the design of the cover of a
mediaeval music CD in 2004.
In May 2005, a friend asked me to add czech diacritics so he
could use the font for his wedding (svatba means wedding in czech). I removed
the long s together with its ligatures, because they are not suitable for
writing modern czech and renamed the font as a dedication to his wedding. The font
currently covers the whole T1 encoding. 

\Fontamici The original variant with the long s is still available, as shown in
this paragraph. It is selected by the command \texttt{\char92 Fontamici}. 
% \verb doesnt work here
It contains a few extra ligatures like Ch, ch, ss, ssi, sk, sl, and a special
swash character to write the logo of the band: \\ \hspace*{5em}Amici Musicae @ntiquae\\ To
make room for these additional glyphs\/, some characters had to be withdrawn.
Besides the standard ligatuares fi, fl, ffi and ffl, which are faked by negative
kerning, \Fontlukas \v s \Fontamici could be removed, because it is written like
\v s in ancient czech texts\/. Similiarly, the uppercase german double~s\/,
perthousandzero and compwordmark are withdrawn to make space for additional
ligatures\/.}}

\fbox{\parbox{0.7\linewidth}{\Fontskrivan
The last of the three fonts designed by me, Jana Sk\v rivana, is my cursive handwriting drawn with a
copperplate calligraphy pen. It's dedicated to a girl, who can sing like a lark
(sk\v rivan means lark in
czech) and has been finished in December 2005. Sadly, a printout made with this
font never looks equally attractive like a real hand-written sample. }}

And now enjoy the fonts!

\hfill{\Fontamici\fontsize{20pt}{20pt}\selectfont Christian Gollwitzer
\raisebox{2pt}{(}\kern4pt
@uriocus\/\kern3pt)} % some magic numbers to make the swash capital look good



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