The protosem package provides fonts for the Proto-Semitic script in use about 1600 BC, and which may have been a very early ancestor of many of the world's alphabets. Files for using the font with LaTeX are also included. This is one of a series of ancient fonts. Changes in version 1.3 (2005/07/21) ---------------------- o Minor fix to encoding Changes in version 1.2 (2005/03/18) ---------------------- o Font supplied as Postscript Type1 instead of MetaFont Changes in version 1.1 (2000/09/30) ---------------------- o Minor changes to the glyph encoding to match other fonts in the series Changes in version 1.0 (1999/03/14) ---------------------- o First public release ------------------------------------------------------------------ Author: Peter Wilson (Herries Press) herries dot press at earthlink dot net Copyright 2005 Peter R. Wilson This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the Latex Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of the license is in http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2003/06/01 or later. This work has the LPPL maintenance status "author-maintained". This work consists of the files: README (this file) protosem.dtx protosem.ins protosem.pdf and the derived files protosem.sty ot1proto.fd t1proto.fd protosem.map proto10.mf ------------------------------------------------------------------ The distribution consists of the following files: README (this file) protosem.dtx protosem.ins protosem.pdf (user manual) tryprotosem.tex (example usage) tryprotosem.pdf proto10.afm proto10.pfb proto10.tfm To install the package: o run: latex protosem.ins, which will generate: protosem.sty *.fd files protosem.map and posibly proto10.mf o Move the *.sty and *.fd files to a location where LaTeX will find them e.g. .../texmf-local/tex/latex/protosem o Move the *.afm, *.pfb and *.tfm files where LaTeX looks for font information e.g., .../texmf-var/fonts/afm/public/archaic/*.afm .../texmf-var/fonts/type1/public/archaic/*.pfb .../texmf-var/fonts/tfm/public/archaic/*.tfm o Add the *.map information to the dvips/pdftex psfont maps If you want the MetaFont version as well: o Move the *.mf files to, e.g., .../texmf-var/fonts/source/public/protosem o Add a linec like the following to the (texmf/fontname)special.map file: proto10.mf public protosem o Refresh the database (for more information on the above see the FAQ). o run: latex tryprotosem for a test of the Proto-Semitic font To generate a second copy of the manual (which is already supplied as a PDF file): o run: latex protosem.dtx o (for an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist protosem.idx) o run: latex protosem.dtx o Print protosem.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual 2005/07/21 Peter Wilson herries dot press at earthlink dot net