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It is one in a series for archaic scripts. % \end{abstract} % \tableofcontents % % % % \section{Introduction} % % The Phoenician alphabet and characters is a direct ancestor of our modern day % Latin alphabet and fonts. % The font presented here is one of a series of fonts intended to show how % the modern Latin alphabet has evolved from its original Phoenician form % to its present day appearance. % % This manual is typeset according to the conventions of the % \LaTeX{} \textsc{docstrip} utility which enables the automatic % extraction of the \LaTeX{} macro source files~\cite{GOOSSENS94}. % % Section~\ref{sec:usc} describes the usage of the package. % Commented code for the fonts and the package is in later sections. % % \subsection{An alphabetic tree} % % Scholars are reasonably agreed that all the world's alphabets are descended % from a Semitic alphabet invented about 1600~\BC{} in the Middle % East~\cite{DRUCKER95}. The word `Semitic' refers % to the family of languages used in the geographical area from % Sinai in the south, up the Mediterranean coast to Asia Minor in the north and % west to the valley of the Euphrates. % % The Phoenician alphabet was stable by about 1100~\BC{} and the script was % written right to left. In earlier times the writing direction was variable, % and so were % the shapes and orientation of the characters. The alphabet consisted of % 22 letters and they were named after things. For example, their first two % letters were called \textit{aleph} (ox), and \textit{beth} (house). % The Phoenician script had % only one case --- unlike our modern fonts which have both upper- and % lower-cases. In modern terms the Phoenician abecedary was: \\ % A B G D E Y Z H $\Theta$ I K L M N X O P ts Q R S T \\ % where the `Y' (\textit{vau}) character was sometimes written as `F', and % `ts' stands for the \textit{tsade} character. % % The Greek alphabet is one of the descendants of the Phoenician alphabet; % another was Aramaic which is the ancestor of the Arabic, Persian and Indian % scripts. % Initially Greek was written right to left but around the 6th C~\BC{} became % \textit{boustrophedron}, meaning that the lines % alternated in direction. At about 500~\BC{} the writing direction stabilised % as left to % right. The Greeks modified the Phoenician alphabet to match the vocalisation % of their language. They kept the Phoenician names of the letters, suitably % `greekified', so \textit{aleph} became the familar \textit{alpha} and % \textit{beth} became \textit{beta}. At this % point the names of the letters had no meaning. Their were several variants % of the Greek character glyphs until they were finally fixed in Athens in % 403~\BC. % The Greeks did not develop a lower-case % script until about 600--700~\AD. % % The Etruscans based their alphabet on the Greek one, and again modified it. % However, the Etruscans wrote right to left, so their borrowed characters are % mirror images of the original Greek ones. Like the Phoenicians, the Etruscan % script consisted of only one case; they died out before ever needing a % lower-case script. The Etruscan script was used up until the first century % \AD, even though the Etruscans themselves had dissapeared by that time. % % % In turn, the Romans based their alphabet on the Etruscan one, but as they % wrote left to right, the characters were again mirrored (although the early % Roman inscriptions are boustrophedron). % % As the English alphabet is descended from the Roman alphabet % it has a pedigree of some three and a half thousand years. % % \section{The \Lpack{nabatean} package} \label{sec:usc} % % The \thisfont{} script is a descendant of the Aramaic script, % which in turn descended from the Phoenician script, and is a predecessor % of the modern Arabian script. It was used between approximately the % fourth centuries~\BC{} and~\AD. The version presented is roughly % typical of the frst century~\AD. % % The alphabet consisted of 22 characters. % Table~\ref{tab} lists, in the \thisfont{} alphabetical order, the % transliterated value of the characters and, where I know it, the % modern name of the character. % % \begin{table} % \centering % \caption{The \thisfont{} script and alphabet}\label{tab} % \begin{tabular}{clcll} \hline % Value & Name? & ASCII & Command & Command \\ \hline % \textit{a} & % aleph & % ' a & |\Arq| |\Aa| & % |\Aaleph| % \\ % \textit{b} & % beth & % b & |\Ab| & % |\Abeth| % \\ % \textit{g} & % gimel & % g & |\Ag| & % |\Agimel| % \\ % \textit{d} & % daleth & % d & |\Ad| & % |\Adaleth| % \\ % \textit{h} & % he & % h & |\Ah| & % |\Ahe| % \\ % \textit{w} & % vav & % w & |\Aw| & % |\Avav| % \\ % \textit{z} & % zayin & % z & |\Az| & % |\Azayin| % \\ % \textit{\d{h}} & % heth & % H & |\Ahd| & % |\Aheth| % \\ % \textit{\d{t}} & % teth & % T & |\Atd| & % |\Ateth| % \\ % \textit{y} & % yod & % y & |\Ay| & % |\Ayod| % \\ % \textit{k} & % kaph & % k & |\Ak| & % |\Akaph| % \\ % \textit{l} & % lamed & % l & |\Al| & % |\Alamed| % \\ % \textit{m} & % mem & % m & |\Am| & % |\Amem| % \\ % \textit{n} & % nun & % n & |\An| & % |\Anun| % \\ % \textit{s} & % samekh & % s & |\As| & % |\Asamekh| % \\ % \textit{`} & % ayin & % ` o & |\Alq| |\Ao| & % |\Aayin| % \\ % \textit{p} & % pe & % p & |\Ap| & % |\Ape| % \\ % \textit{\d{s}} & % sade & % x & |\Asd| & % |\Asade| % \\ % \textit{q} & % qoph & % q & |\Aq| & % |\Aqoph| % \\ % \textit{r} & % resh & % r & |\Ar| & % |\Aresh| % \\ % \textit{\v{s}} & % shin & % S & |\Asv| & % |\Ashin| % \\ % \textit{t} & % tav & % t & |\At| & % |\Atav| % \\ % \hline % \end{tabular} % \end{table} % % % % \DescribeMacro{\nabfamily} % This command selects the \thisfont{} font family. The family name is |nab|. % % \DescribeMacro{\textnab} % The command |\textnab{|\meta{text}|}| typesets \meta{text} in the % \thisfont{} font. % % % I have provided three ways of accessing the \thisfont{} glyphs: % (a) by ASCII characters, % (b) by commands whose names are based on the transliterated values, and % (c) by commands whose names are based on the (modern) name of the % character. % These are shown in Table~\ref{tab}. % % % \DescribeMacro{\translitnab} % The command |\translitnab{|\meta{commands}|}| will typeset the % transliteration of the \thisfont{} character commands (those in the % last two columns of Table~\ref{tab}). % % \DescribeMacro{\translitnabfont} % The font used for the transliteration is defined by this macro, % which is initialsed to an italic font (i.e., |\itshape|). % % \StopEventually{ % \bibliographystyle{alpha} % \begin{thebibliography}{GMS94} % % \bibitem[Dru95]{DRUCKER95} % Johanna Drucker. % \newblock \emph{The Alphabetic Labyrinth}. % \newblock Thames and Hudson, 1995. % % \bibitem[Fir93]{FIRMAGE93} % Richard A.~Firmage. % \newblock \emph{The Alphabet Abecedarium}. % \newblock David R.~Goodine, 1993. % % \bibitem[GMS94]{GOOSSENS94} % Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, and Alexander Samarin. % \newblock \emph{The LaTeX Companion}. % \newblock Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994. % % \bibitem[Hea90]{HEALEY90} % John F.~Healey. % \newblock \emph{Reading the Past: The Early Alphabet}. % \newblock University of California Press/British Museum, 1990. % \newblock (ISBN 0-520-07309-6) % % \end{thebibliography} % \PrintIndex % % } % % % \section{The Metafont code} \label{sec:mf} % % \subsection{The parameter file} % % We deal with the parameter file first, and start by announcing % what it is for. % \begin{macrocode} %<*up> %%% NAB10.MF Computer Nabatean font 10 point design size. % \end{macrocode} % Specify the font size. % \begin{macrocode} font_identifier:="nabatean"; font_size 10pt#; % \end{macrocode} % % % \begin{macro}{u} % \begin{macro}{ht} % \begin{macro}{s} % \begin{macro}{o} % \begin{macro}{px} % \begin{macro}{font-normal-space} % \begin{macro}{font-normal-shrink} % \begin{macro}{font-x-height} % \begin{macro}{font-quad} % Define the very simple font parameters. % \begin{macrocode} u#:=.2pt#; % unit width ht#:=7pt#; % height of characters (CM cap-height is approx 6.8pt) s#:=1.5pt#; % width correction (right and left) o#:=1/20pt#; % overshoot px#:=.6pt#; % horizontal width of pen font_normal_space:=7pt#; % width of a blank space font_normal_shrink:=.9pt#; % width correction for blank space font_x_height:=4.5pt#; % height of one ex font_quad:=10pt#; % an em % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % % For a full font, normally the driver file would come here. In this % case I have embedded it. % \begin{macrocode} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % end of parameters % start of driver code %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % \end{macrocode} % % % \subsection{The driver file} % % If there was a seperate driver file, this would be its contents. % % \begin{macrocode} font_coding_scheme:="Nabatean glyphs"; mode_setup; % \end{macrocode} % % \begin{macro}{ho} % \begin{macro}{leftloc} % \begin{macro}{py} % Perform additional setup. % \begin{macrocode} ho#:=o#; % horizontal overshoot leftloc#:=s#; % leftmost xcoord of character py#:=.8px#; % vertical thickness of the pen define_pixels(s,u); define_blacker_pixels(px,py); define_good_x_pixels(leftloc); define_corrected_pixels(o); % turn on overshoot correction define_horizontal_corrected_pixels(ho); % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{midloc} % \begin{macro}{rightloc} % Variables for the middle xcoord and rightmost xcoord of a character. % \begin{macrocode} numeric midloc, rightloc; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{stylus} % Define the pen. % \begin{macrocode} pickup pencircle xscaled px yscaled py; stylus:=savepen; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{beginglyph} % A macro to save some typing of beginchar arguments. % \begin{macrocode} def beginglyph(expr code, unit_width) = beginchar(code, unit_width*ht#+2s#, ht#, 0); midloc:=1/2w; rightloc:=(w-s); pickup stylus enddef; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{cmchar} % |cmchar| should precede each character % \begin{macrocode} let cmchar=\; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macrocode} newinternal defaultsmoothrad; numeric smoothrad, defaultsmoothrad; defaultsmoothrad := 2px; smoothrad := 2px; tertiarydef p ~ q = begingroup c_ := fullcircle scaled 2smoothrad shifted point 0 of q; a_ := ypart(c_ intersectiontimes p); b_ := ypart(c_ intersectiontimes q); if a_ < 0: point 0 of p{direction 0 of p} else: subpath(0,a_) of p fi ... if b_ < 0: {direction infinity of q}point infinity of q else: subpath(b_,infinity) of q fi endgroup enddef; def smoothly(text t) = hide(n_:=0; for z=t: z_[incr n_]:= z; endfor) (z_1 for k=2 upto n_-1: --z_[k]) ~ (z_[k] endfor --z_[n_]) enddef; % \end{macrocode} % % That would be the end of a seperate driver file, except for % calling the glyph code file. % % \subsection{The glyph code} % % The following code generates the glyphs for the Nabatean font. % The characters % are defined in the Phoenician alphabetic ordering. % % \begin{macrocode} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % end of title code % start of glyph code %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % \end{macrocode} % % \begin{macro}{'} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{aleph}. % Like a fancy X. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter aleph (coded as ')"; beginglyph("'",1.0); z1=(leftloc,1/2h); z3=(rightloc,0); z2=1/2[z1,z3]; z11=(leftloc,0); z12=(x2,y11); z21=(1/3[x2,x3], y2); z22=(x21,h); draw z1{right}..z2..{right}z3; draw z11--z12; draw z21--z22; labels(1,2,3,4,5,11,12,21,22); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{a} % The \thisfont{}letter \textit{aleph}. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter aleph (coded as a)"; beginglyph("a",1.0); z1=(leftloc,1/2h); z3=(rightloc,0); z2=1/2[z1,z3]; z11=(leftloc,0); z12=(x2,y11); z21=(1/3[x2,x3], y2); z22=(x21,h); draw z1{right}..z2..{right}z3; draw z11--z12; draw z21--z22; labels(1,2,3,4,5,11,12,21,22); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{b} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{bet}. % Like a sickle. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter bet (coded as b)"; beginglyph("b",1.0); z1=(midloc,h); z2=(x1,7/8h); z4=(rightloc, 1/2h); z6=(leftloc,0); draw z1--z2; draw z2{right}..z4{down}..{left}z6; labels(1,2,3,4,5,6); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{g} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{gimel}. % Like a Y on its side. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter gimel (coded as g)"; beginglyph("g", 0.8); z1=(1/3[leftloc,rightloc], h); z2=(rightloc,0); z11=1/2[z1,z2]; z12=(leftloc,y11); draw z1--z2; draw z11--z12; labels(1,2,3,4,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{d} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{dalet}. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter dalet (coded as d)"; beginglyph("d",0.6); z1=(leftloc,h); z2=(x1,3/4h); z3=(rightloc,y2); z5=(rightloc,0); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z5); labels(1,2,3,4,5,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{h} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{he}. % Like a T with a post leaning against it. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter he (coded as h)"; beginglyph("h",0.8); z1=(midloc,h); z2=(rightloc,1/3h); z3=1/4[z1,z2]; z4=(leftloc,y3); z11=1/2[z3,z4]; z12=(x11,0); draw z1--z2; draw z3--z4; draw z11--z12; labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{w} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{vav}. % Shepherds crook. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter vav (coded as w)"; beginglyph("w",0.3); z1=(leftloc,3/4h); z3=(rightloc,y1); z2=(1/2[x1,x3], h); z4=(rightloc,0); draw z1{up}..z2{right}..{down}z3--z4; labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{z} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{zayin}. % Short, slightly bent, vertical line. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter zayin (coded as z)"; beginglyph("z",0.1); z1=(leftloc,3/4h); z3=(x1,1/4h); z2=(rightloc,1/2[y1,y3]); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{H} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{het} (h sub dot). % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter het (h sub dot?) (coded as H)"; beginglyph("H", 0.7); z7=(rightloc,1/8h); z8=(rightloc,h); z1=(leftloc,0); z2=(3/16[x1,x8], 0); z3=(1/2[x1,x2], h); z11=7/8[z2,z3]; z13=(x8,y11); z12 =(1/2[x11,x13], h); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3); draw z7--z8; draw z11{right}..z12{right}..{right}z13; labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % % \begin{macro}{T} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{tet} (t sub dot). % Like the numeral 6. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter tet (t sub dot) (coded as T)"; beginglyph("T",1.0); numeric n[]; n1=1/4h; z1=(leftloc,h); z2=(leftloc,0); z3=(rightloc,1/4h); z4=(x3,y3+n1); z5'=1/4[z2,z3]; z5=(x5', y5'+n1); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z4, z5); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{y} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{yod}. % Like an S. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter yod (coded as y)"; beginglyph("y",0.6); z1=(3/4[leftloc,rightloc], h); z2=(1/4[leftloc,rightloc], 1/2h); z3=(rightloc,1/2h); z4=(rightloc,1/3h); z6=(leftloc,0); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z4, z6); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % \begin{macro}{k} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{kaf}. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter kaf (coded as k)"; beginglyph("k",0.6); z1=(1/4[leftloc,rightloc], h); z2=(x1, 7/8h); z3=(rightloc,y2); z4=(rightloc,0); z5=(leftloc,0); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z4, z5); labels(1,2,3,4,5); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{l} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{lamed}. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter lamed (coded as l)"; beginglyph("l",0.5); z1=(1/4[leftloc,rightloc], h); z2=(x1, 1/3h); z3=(rightloc,y2); z4=(rightloc,0); z5=(leftloc,0); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z5); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{m} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{mem}. % Like \textit{bet} with a line through the top bar. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar"Nabatean letter mem (coded as m)"; beginglyph("m",0.8); z1=(leftloc,1/4h); z2=(midloc,h); z3=(rightloc,y2); z4=(rightloc,0); z5=(1/2[x1,x2],0); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z4, z5); z11=7/8[z1,z2]; z12=(2/3[x1,x11], y2); draw z11--z12; labels(1,2,3,4,5,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{n} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{nun}. % % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter nun (coded as n)"; beginglyph("n",0.3); z1=(leftloc,1/4h); z2=(rightloc,y1); z3=(x2,3/4h); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3); labels(1,2,3,4,5,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % \begin{macro}{s} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{samekh}. % Figure of eight. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter samekh (coded as s)"; beginglyph("s", 0.8); z1=(leftloc,h); z2=(1/4[leftloc,rightloc], y1); z3=(x2,0); z4=(rightloc,3/4h); z5=(x1,y4); z6=(x2,y4); draw smoothly(z6, z5, z1, z2, z6); draw smoothly(z6, z3, z4, z6); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % \begin{macro}{`} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{ayin}. % Like a Y. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter ayin (coded as `)"; beginglyph("`",0.6); z1=(leftloc,0); z2=(rightloc,h); z3=3/4[z1,z2]; z4=(1/2[x1,x2], h); draw z1--z2; draw z3--z4; labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{o} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{ayin}. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter ayin (coded as o)"; beginglyph("o",0.6); z1=(leftloc,0); z2=(rightloc,h); z3=3/4[z1,z2]; z4=(1/2[x1,x2], h); draw z1--z2; draw z3--z4; labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{p} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{pe}. % A more upright \textit{bet}. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter pe (coded as p)"; beginglyph("p", 0.6); z1=(leftloc,1/8h); z2=(2/3[leftloc,rightloc], 0); z3=(rightloc,2/8h); z4=(7/8[leftloc,rightloc], 6/8h); z5=(x4,h); z7=(5/8[leftloc,rightloc], y4); draw z1...z2{right}...z3{up}...{up}z4; draw smoothly(z4, z5, z7); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{x} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{tsadi}. % Fishing hook with a flat top. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter tsadi (S sub dot) (coded as x)"; beginglyph("x", 0.8); z1=(leftloc, 1/4h); z3=(3/4[leftloc,rightloc], y1); z2=(1/2[x1,x3], 0); z4=(x3,h); z5=(rightloc,y4); draw z1...z2{right}...{up}z3; draw smoothly(z3, z4, z5); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{q} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{qof}. % Like \textit{tsadi} except there is a ring at the top. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter qof (coded as q)"; beginglyph("q", 0.8); z1=(leftloc, 1/4h); z3=(3/4[leftloc,rightloc], y1); z2=(1/2[x1,x3], 0); z4=(x3,h); z5=(rightloc,y4); z6=(x5,6/8h); z7=(x4,y6); draw z1...z2{right}...{up}z3; draw smoothly(z3, z4, z5, z6, z7); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % % \begin{macro}{r} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{resh}. % Practically identical to \textit{dalet}. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter resh (coded as r)"; beginglyph("r",0.6); z1=(leftloc,h); z2=(x1,3/4h); z3=(rightloc,y2); z5=(rightloc,0); draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z5); labels(1,2,3,4,5,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % \begin{macro}{S} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{shin} (s sup v). % Like an F. % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter shin (s sup v) (coded as S)"; beginglyph("S", 0.8); path pth[]; z1=(leftloc,0); z2=(1/3[leftloc,rightloc], 0); z3=(x2,h); z11=1/2[z2,z3]; z12=(rightloc,h); z21=1/2[z11,z3]; z22=1/2[z3,z12]; draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3); draw z11--z12; draw z21--z22; labels(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{t} % The \thisfont{} letter \textit{tav}. % % \begin{macrocode} cmchar "Nabatean letter tav (coded as t)"; beginglyph("t", 1.0); z1=(leftloc,0); z2=(1/4[leftloc,rightloc], 0); z3=(x2,h); z4=(rightloc,h); z5=(x4,0); z6=1/2[z2,z5]; draw smoothly(z1, z2, z3, z4, z5, z6); labels(1,2,3,4,5,6); endchar; % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % The end of the glyphs, and the file. % % \begin{macrocode} end % % \end{macrocode} % % % % \section{The font definition files} \label{sec:fd} % % \begin{macrocode} %<*fdot1> \DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{nab}{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{nab}{m}{n}{ <-> nab10 }{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{nab}{bx}{n}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{nab}{b}{n}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{nab}{m}{sl}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{nab}{m}{it}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} % % \end{macrocode} % % % \begin{macrocode} %<*fdt1> \DeclareFontFamily{T1}{nab}{} \DeclareFontShape{T1}{nab}{m}{n}{ <-> nab10 }{} \DeclareFontShape{T1}{nab}{bx}{n}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} \DeclareFontShape{T1}{nab}{b}{n}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} \DeclareFontShape{T1}{nab}{m}{sl}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} \DeclareFontShape{T1}{nab}{m}{it}{ <-> sub nab/m/n }{} % % \end{macrocode} % % % \section{The \Lpack{nabatean} package code} \label{sec:code} % % Announce the name and version of the package, which requires % \LaTeXe{}. % \begin{macrocode} %<*usc> \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesPackage{nabatean}[2000/09/30 v1.0 package for Nabatean fonts] % \end{macrocode} % % % \begin{macro}{\nabfamily} % Selects the font family in the T1 encoding. % \begin{macrocode} \newcommand{\nabfamily}{\usefont{T1}{nab}{m}{n}} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\textnab} % Text command for the font family. % \begin{macrocode} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textnab}{\nabfamily} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % The commands for the signs. % \begin{macrocode} \chardef\Arq=`' \chardef\Aa=`a \chardef\Aaleph=`' \chardef\Ab=`b \chardef\Abeth=`b \chardef\Ag=`g \chardef\Agimel=`g \chardef\Ad=`d \chardef\Adaleth=`d \chardef\Ah=`h \chardef\Ahe=`h \chardef\Aw=`w \chardef\Avav=`w \chardef\Az=`z \chardef\Azayin=`z \chardef\Ahd=`H \chardef\Aheth=`H \chardef\Atd=`T \chardef\Ateth=`T \chardef\Ay=`y \chardef\Ayod=`y \chardef\Ak=`k \chardef\Akaph=`k \chardef\Al=`l \chardef\Alamed=`l \chardef\Am=`m \chardef\Amem=`m \chardef\An=`n \chardef\Anun=`n \chardef\As=`s \chardef\Asamekh=`s \chardef\Alq=`` \chardef\Ao=`o \chardef\Aayin=`` \chardef\Ap=`p \chardef\Ape=`p \chardef\Asd=`x \chardef\Asade=`x \chardef\Aq=`q \chardef\Aqoph=`q \chardef\Ar=`r \chardef\Aresh=`r \chardef\Asv=`S \chardef\Ashin=`S \chardef\At=`t \chardef\Atav=`t % \end{macrocode} % % \begin{macro}{\translitnab} % \begin{macro}{\translinabfont} % |\translitnab{|\meta{commands}|}| transliterates % \meta{commands} using the |\translitnab| font. % \begin{macrocode} \newcommand{\translitnab}[1]{{% \@translitN\translitnabfont #1}} \newcommand{\translitnabfont}{\itshape} % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % \end{macro} % % \begin{macro}{\@translitN} % This macro redefines all the character commands to produce % the transliterated value instead of the glyph. There must be no % spaces in the definition. % \begin{macrocode} \newcommand{\@translitN}{% \def\Arq{'}\def\Aa{\Arq}\def\Aaleph{\Arq}% \def\Ab{b}\def\Abeth{\Ab}% \def\Ag{g}\def\Agimel{\Ag}% \def\Ad{d}\def\Adaleth{\Ad}% \def\Ah{h}\def\Ahe{\Ah}% \def\Aw{w}\def\Avav{\Aw}% \def\Az{z}\def\Azayin{\Az}% \def\Ahd{\d{h}}\def\Aheth{\Ahd}% \def\Atd{\d{t}}\def\Ateth{\Atd}% \def\Ay{y}\def\Ayod{\Ay}% \def\Ak{k}\def\Akaph{\Ak}% \def\Al{l}\def\Alamed{\Al}% \def\Am{m}\def\Amem{\Am}% \def\An{n}\def\Anun{\An}% \def\As{s}\def\Asamekh{\As}% \def\Alq{`}\def\Ao{\Alq}\def\Aayin{\Alq}% \def\Ap{p}\def\Ape{\Ap}% \def\Asd{\d{s}}\def\Asade{\Asd}% \def\Aq{q}\def\Aqoph{\Aq}% \def\Ar{r}\def\Aresh{\Ar}% \def\Asv{\v{s}}\def\Ashin{\Asv}% \def\At{t}\def\Atav{\At}% } % \end{macrocode} % \end{macro} % % % % The end of this package. % \begin{macrocode} % % \end{macrocode} % % \section{Map files} % % This is rather short. % \changes{v1.2}{2005/06/16}{Added map file} % % \begin{macrocode} %<*map> nab10 Archaic-Nabatean % \end{macrocode} % % The end! % % \Finale % \endinput %% \CharacterTable %% {Upper-case \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z %% Lower-case \a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h\i\j\k\l\m\n\o\p\q\r\s\t\u\v\w\x\y\z %% Digits \0\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9 %% Exclamation \! Double quote \" Hash (number) \# %% Dollar \$ Percent \% Ampersand \& %% Acute accent \' Left paren \( Right paren \) %% Asterisk \* Plus \+ Comma \, %% Minus \- Point \. Solidus \/ %% Colon \: Semicolon \; Less than \< %% Equals \= Greater than \> Question mark \? %% Commercial at \@ Left bracket \[ Backslash \\ %% Right bracket \] Circumflex \^ Underscore \_ %% Grave accent \` Left brace \{ Vertical bar \| %% Right brace \} Tilde \~}