The aramaic bundle provides fonts for Aramaic script as it was used in the Middle East between about 1000--200 BC. This is one of a series of fonts for archaic scripts. Changes in version 1.2 (2005/06/14) o Font supplied as Postscript Type 1 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) aramaic.dtx aramaic.ins aramaic.pdf and the derived files aramaic.sty ot1aram10.fd t1aram10.fd aramaic.map aram10.mf ------------------------------------------------------------------ The distribution consists of the following files: README (this file) aramaic.dtx aramaic.ins aramaic.pdf (user manual) tryaramaic.tex (example usage) tryaramaic.pdf aram10.afm aram10.pfb aram10.tfm To install the bundle: o If you want MetaFont sources uncomment the appropriate lines in aramaic.ins. o run: latex aramaic.ins, which will generate: aramaic.sty *.fd files aramaic.map and possibly aram10.mf o Move *.sty and *.fd files to a location where LaTeX will find them e.g., .../texmf-local/tex/latex/aramaic 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/aramaic o Add a line like the following to the (texmf/fontname/)special.map file: aram10.mf public aramaic o Refresh the database (for more information on the above see the FAQ). o run: (pdf)latex tryaramaic 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 aramaic.dtx. o run: (pdf)latex aramaic.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 2005/06/14 Peter Wilson herries dot press at earthlink dot net