The protosem package provides fonts for the Proto-Semitic script in use 
about 1600 BC, and which may have been a very early ancestor of many of the 
world's alphabets. This is one of a series of ancient fonts.

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

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

    To install the package:
o run: latex protosem.ins, which will generate:
       proto*.mf files
       *.fd files
       protosem.sty
o run: latex protosem.dtx
o run: makeindex -s gind.ist protosem
o run: latex protosem.dtx
o Print protosem.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual 
o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them.
    For example: the proto*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/protosem
                 the *.fd and .sty files to /texmf/tex/latex/local/protosem
    On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add the following 
    line to texmf/fontname/special.map:
      proto10.mf     public    protosem
    On a teTeX distribution remember to run texhash after moving the files.

o run: latex tryfont  for a testpage of the Proto-Semitic font

2000/09/16
Peter Wilson
peter.r.wilson@boeing.com