upload of new version of HieroTeX

Robin Fairbairns Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Sat Dec 20 10:05:14 CET 2003


Serge Rosmorduc writes:

> I have uploaded a new version of HieroTeX, my hieroglyphic package.
> 
> *They can be found on   
> 	ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/HieroTeX-3.5.tgz
> and 	ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming/HieroType1-3.1.4.tgz
> 
> * They should replace all files in the directory fonts/hieroglyph
> 
> * The whole package is under the GPL
> 
> * Summary : HieroTeX is a package for typesetting ancient egyptian
> hieroglyphs. It contains a hieroglyphic font, a number of style files,
> and an helper program in C called "sesh" which allows one to type
> hieroglyphic texts using the so-called "manuel de codage", which is
> the current standard for encoding ancient egyptian.  HieroType1
> contains postscript type 1 version of the fonts, and is a *strongly*
> recommended addition, as it allows to create nice-looking pdf.

i have installed the two files in fonts/hieroglyph, as requested, and
have taken the liberty of extracting files LISEZMOI and README from
the HieroTeX file, and placing them in the directory to offer guidance
on what the directory is for.

thanks the upload

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team



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