    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.

    The hieroglf package requires the oands package for some symbols
used in the transliteration.

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

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

    To install the package:
o run: latex hieroglf.ins, which will generate:
       pmhg.mf 
       *.fd files
       hieroglf.sty
o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them.
    For example: the pmhg*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/hieroglf
                 the *.fd and .sty files to /texmf/tex/latex/local/hieroglf
    On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add the following 
    line to texmf/fontname/special.map:
      pmhg.mf       public    hieroglf
    On a teTeX distribution remember to run texhash after moving the files.

    To get the documentation:
NOTE: It is useful, but not essential, to have access to the docmfp package.
      If this is not available, read the first few lines of hieroglf.dtx
      as to what to do.
o run: latex hieroglf.dtx
o if you want an index, run: makeindex -s gind.ist hieroglf
o run: latex hieroglf.dtx
o Print hieroglf.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual 
o run: latex tryfont  for a testpage of the hieroglf font

2000/09/23
Peter Wilson
peter.r.wilson@boeing.com
