The nabatean bundle provides packages and fonts for the Nabatean script
used in the Middle East between the fourth centuries BC and AD. 
The bundle is one of a series for archaic scripts.

Changes in version 1.2 (2005/06/16)
o Font supplied as PostScript Type1 as well as METAFONT

Changes in version 1.1 (2000/09/30)
o Minor changes to glyph encodings

Changes in version 1.0 (1999/03/14)
o First public release

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  Author: Peter Wilson (Herries Press) herries dot press at earthlink dot net
  Copyright 1999--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)
    nabatean.dtx
    nabatean.ins
    nabatean.pdf
  and the derived files
    nabatean.sty
    ot1nab10.fd
    t1nab10.fd
    nabatean.map
    nab10.mf

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     The distribution consists of the following files:
README (this file)
nabatean.dtx
nabatean.ins
nabatean.pdf     (user manual)
trynabatean.tex  (example usage)
trynabatean.pdf
nab10.afm
nab10.pfb
nab10.tfm

    To install the bundle:
o If you want MetaFont sources uncomment the appropriate lines in nabatean.ins.
o run: latex nabatean.ins, which will generate:
       nabatean.sty
       *.fd files
       nabatean.map
       and possibly nab10.mf
o Move *.sty and *.fd files to a location where LaTeX will find them
    e.g., .../texmf-local/tex/latex/nabatean
o Move *.afm, *.pfb and *.tfm files to 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 font maps
   If you want the MetaFont version as well:
   o Move the *.mf files to, e.g., .../texmf-var/fonts/source/public/nabatean
   o Add a line like the following to the (texmf/fontname/)special.map file:
     nab10.mf    public      nabatean 
o Refresh the database
 (for more information on the above see the FAQ).

o run: (pdf)latex trynabatean for a test of the font

    If you want a full manual with all the MetaFont and LaTeX code and commentry, 
comment out the \OnlyDescription line in nabatean.dtx.
o run: (pdf)latex nabatean.dtx
o (for an index run: makeindex -s gind.ist *.idx)
o run: (pdf)latex *.dtx
o Print *.(pdf|dvi) for a hardcopy of the package manual

2005/03/31
Peter Wilson
herries dot press at earthlink dot net












    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.

    The distribution consists of the following files:
README (this file)
protosem.ins
protosem.dtx
tryfont.tex

    The distribution is provided under the terms of the LaTeX
Project Public License (LPPL).

Changes in version 1.1
----------------------
o Minor changes to the glyph encoding to match other fonts in the series

    To install the package:
o run: latex protosem.ins, which will generate:
       proto*.mf files
       *.fd files
       protosem.sty
o run: latex protosem.dtx
o run: makeindex -s gind.ist protosem
o run: latex protosem.dtx
o Print protosem.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual 
o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them.
    For example: the *.fd and .sty files to .../local/texmf/tex/latex/protosem
                 the proto*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/protosem
    On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add the following 
    line to texmf/fontname/special.map:
      proto10.mf     public    protosem
    On a teTeX distribution remember to run texhash after moving the files.

o run: latex tryfont  for a testpage of the Proto-Semitic font

2000/09/30
Peter Wilson
peter.r.wilson@boeing.com