========================================================================= FIGBAS (minifonts for figured-bass ligatures) ========================================================================= version 1.0.3 2013-01-24 Bob Tennent rdt(a)tennent.ca This package provides three Postscript Type 1 mini-fonts cmrj, cmssj, plrj (and associated map file and metric files) with just five "ligatures" for the combinations 2+, 4+, 5+, 6+, and 9+ used in figured-bass notation in baroque music. The fonts are intended for use with Computer Modern (cmr), Computer Modern Sans (cmss), and Palatino/Palladio (pplr), respectively. Installation ------------ Unzip the archive tex-archive/install/fonts/figbas.tds.zip at the root of a texmf hierarchy, preferably a "local" tree, such as $HOME/texmf or /usr/local/share/texmf on a Un*x-like system or C:\localtexmf on a Windows system; the documentation of your TeX distribution should tell you where to install new files. Updating the Filename Database ------------------------------ Most TeX systems improve the efficiency of file access by maintaining a data base of file names. The documentation of your TeX distribution should tell you what you have to do to update this data base after adding new files. For example, on a teTeX-based system, execute texhash On a MikTeX system, execute initexmf -u or click on Options and then the Refresh button for the file-name database. Configuring the Font Maps ------------------------- TeX systems maintain map files which associate font files with font names. The file figbas.map in the archive defines the appropriate associations for these fonts. The documentation of your TeX distribution should tell you what you have to do to add the associations in figbas.map to the global map file or files. For example, on a TeXLive system, execute updmap --enable Map=figbas.map or add Map figbas.map to updmap.cfg and run updmap (as a user) or updmap-sys (as root). On a MikTeX system: + Run initexmf --edit-config-file updmap and add the following at the end of the file: Map figbas.map + Save the file and exit Notepad. + Refresh the file-name database and run initexmf --mkmaps Using the Fonts --------------- The fonts might be used in a TeX-based format such as MusixTeX as follows: % Uncomment one of the following three lines: % \font\figfont=cmr7 \font\figplus=cmrj at 7pt % \font\figfont=cmss8 at 7pt \font\figplus=cmssj at 7pt \font\figfont=pplr8r at 7pt \font\figplus=plrj at 7pt \def\twopl{\figplus 2} \def\fourpl{\figplus 4} \def\fivepl{\figplus 5} \def\sixpl{\figplus 6} \def\ninepl{\figplus 9} Licensing --------- plrj.pfb is based on glyphs from the Palladio L Roman font by URW++ Design and Development Incorporated Poppenbuetteler Bogen 29A D-22399 Hamburg Germany tel. +49 (40) 60 60 50 fax +49 (40) 60 60 51 11 http://www.urwpp.de which is licensed under the GPL. The same license applies to plrj.pfb. The font may be embedded in non-GPLed documents. cmrj.pfb and cmssj.pfb are based on glyphs from the so-called "bluesky" type-1 version of Knuth's Computer Modern Roman and Sans fonts. The copyright to these type-1 fonts is now held by the AMS but modification and distribution without their copyright notice is allowed; cmrj.pfb and cmssj.pfb are licensed under the LPPL.