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diff --git a/fonts/hieroglf/DETAILS b/fonts/hieroglf/DETAILS new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..b6d14d2ffb --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/hieroglf/DETAILS @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ + SPELL=hieroglf + VERSION=NA + SOURCE=$SPELL.tar.gz +SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL + SOURCE_URL[0]=$CTAN_URL/fonts/archaic/$SOURCE + SOURCE_URL[1]=ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts/archaic/$SOURCE + MD5[0]='d64238e34a89d941f8d98484a640fd5a' + WEB_SITE=http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/hieroglf.html + ENTERED=20020526 + UPDATED=20020813 + DOCS="*.dvi tryfont.* $DOCS" + LICENSE=LPPL + KEYWORDS="tex fonts doc" + SHORT="TeX fonts to display about 60 Egyptian Hieroglyphs." +cat << EOF +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. +EOF |