On Sun, 17 May 2009 Michael Niedermair submitted an update to the
libertine
package. This supercedes the xelibertine package as well.
Location on CTAN: fonts/libertine
Summary description: new version of the libertine font (for latex and xelatex)
License type: ofl
Announcement text:
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new version of the libertine font
- with biolinum
- new version for xelatex (otf-font)
- new version for latex (Type1-font)
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This package is located at
http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/libertine/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/info/?id=libertine
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Rainer Schöpf
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your
local mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: diagmac2, version 2.1
Author's name: Bob Tennent
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/diagmac2
Summary description: Diagram macros (esp. for category theory), using pict2e.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This is a development of the long-established diagmac
package, using pict2e so that the restrictions on line
direction and circle diameter are removed. In this version,
two additional macros are defined and the documentation has
been TeXified and expanded.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tikz-timing
Author's name: Martin Scharrer
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/
Summary description: Update to version 0.5
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Changes:
* Fixed bug which caused load errors if the `calc` package
was loaded before the `tikz-timing` package.
* Added posibility to give diagram wide settings as first
optional argument in ikztiming and tikztimingtable.
* Timing diagram is now a PGF shape (node) with many
anchors including start and end points. This help to draw
material relative to timing diagrams. Rows inside a
`tikztimingtable' are automatically named.
* Package now depents on 'amsmath' or 'environ' package.
Previous versions always needed the 'environ' package.
* Syntax change: The iming macro now awaits an 'at'
before the coordinate like nodes do. The old syntax still
works but causes a warning. Future versions might
enforce the 'at' or react different if it is not used.
* Added user defined meta-characters which can store user
defined character groups.
* Added special 'B' character to introduce negative width.
Main application is for meta-characters and other groups.
* Changed `M` character to use path decorations.
* Some code improvements to speed up compilation and make
the source code cleaner.
For more informations and examples see the package manual.
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: ulqda
Author's name: Ivan Griffin
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/ulqda
Summary description: A LaTeX package supporting Qualitative Data Analysis
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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ulqda is a LaTeX package for use in Qualitative Data
Analysis research.
It supports the integration of Qualitative Data Analysis
(QDA) research tasks,
specifically for Grounded Theory, into the LaTeX work flow.
It assists in the analysis of textual data such as interview
transcripts
and field notes by providing the LaTeX user with macros which
are used to markup textual information - for example, in-depth
interviews.
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http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/ulqda
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This package was updated yesterday and should already be at your local mirror.
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Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: hyphen-spanish
Author's name: Javier Bezos
Location on CTAN: /language/spanish/hyphen/base
Summary description: Hyphenation patterns for Spanish
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Some patterns fixed, particularly for familia, superar,
sub- and final consonants. Patterns are now generated
with the help of a few lua/luatex files, which are included.
Their status is still alpha, but I think they can show an
application of luatex.
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http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/spanish/hyphen/base
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Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: lshort-mongol
Author's name: Batumongke Dorjgotov
Location on CTAN: /info/lshort/mongolian/lshort-mongol
Summary description: The (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e, in Mongolian.
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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The (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX2e, in Mongolian.
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tablor
Author's name: Guillaume CONNAN
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/tablor
Summary description: Create tables of signs and of variations
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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There was a little bug in TVI & co : new version 4.04-g
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peter wilson wrote:
> I have uploaded fonttable.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this
> to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/fonttable. The
> distribution is under the LPPL.
>
> From the README:
>
> The fonttable package enables you to print a table of the
> characters in a font (a font table), and/or some example text, and/or
> individual glyphs in a variety of settings.
>
> This, in package form, is a poor man's version of nfssfont.tex and
> testfont.tex.
>
> Changes in version 1.5 (2009/05/12)
> o Added code providing a packaged version of Donald Knuth's
> testfont.tex, principally as an aid for font designers in testing
> their fonts.
i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
users may view the package catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fonttable.html
or browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fonttable/
(the catalogue entry will be updated overnight tonight.)
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local
mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: VnTeX 3.1.8
Author's name: Reinhard Kotucha
Location on CTAN: /language/vietnamese/vntex
Summary description: VnTeX - support for typesetting Vietnamese
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 3.1.8:
* improved documentation
* bugfix for CM Bright and Concrete fonts
* new package vntex.sty (using UTF-8 by default)
* many files moved from doc/ to source/
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/language/vietnamese/vntex
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Herbert Voß wrote:
> I uploaded pst-gantt.tgz to the uk node. Please put the
> files into the new directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-gantt/
i have installed the package and made an entry the catalogue repository;
thanks for the upload.
> pst-gantt is a PSTricks related package for
> drawing Gantt charts, which is a type of bar chart
> that illustrates a project schedule.
>
> the authors are Denis Girou and Herbert Voß. The license
> is as usual LPPL
users will be able to view the catalogue entry (when the overnight
update run has happened) at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-gantt.html
and they may (right now) browse the package directory at:
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-gantt/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss wrote:
> I uploaded pst-math.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace the
> files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/
>
> pst-math is a collection of PostScript subroutines for
> special mathematical functions like sin hyperbolic
> Gamma function , a.s.o.
>
> This version 0.4 of pst-math.pro has a new subroutine
> for solving linear equation systems
i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.
thanks for the upload.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-math.html
or browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pst-math/
the catalogue entry will be updated, on the web, overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
Herbert Voss <Herbert.Voss(a)FU-Berlin.DE> wrote:
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:23:17 +0100
Message-ID: <11886.1242202997(a)cl.cam.ac.uk>
Sender: rf10(a)cl.cam.ac.uk
> I uploaded pstricks-add.tgz to the uk mirror. Please replace
> the files with the ones in the directory
> /graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
>
> pstricks-add is a PSTricks related package, which has a lot
> of additional features, like arrows, special curves, a...
>
> This update has a new macro (see documentation):
>
> v 3.32 2009-05-11 - added psTangentLine for a curve of three points
> Tnormal option is valid
> - load pst-math for equation solver
i have updated the package and the ctan catalogue; thanks for the
upload.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks-add.html
and browse the package directory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/contrib/pstricks-add/
the catalogue entry on the web will be updated overnight, tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package had been updated at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your
local mirror.
Thank you,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: MetaPost 1.200
Author's name: Taco Hoekwater
Location on CTAN: /graphics/metapost/base
Summary description: New stable metapost release
License type: lgpl
Announcement text:
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This new release of MetaPost will be included in the next
TeXLive.
MetaPost 1.200 has:
* support for SVG graphics generation
* the possibility to access PostScript Type1 font curves
from within the MetaPost language
* a series of bugfixes
* an improved manual and tutorial
The MetaPost home page is http://tug.org/metapost .
The MetaPost development project is currently hosted at Supelec,
https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost; please report
bugs and
request enhancements through there if possible.
Alternatively, you
can reach us through the <metapost(a)tug.org> mailing list as
well.
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Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: logical-markup-utils
Author's name: Michał Masłowski
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/logical-markup-utils
Summary description: Styles for language-dependent inline quotes and dashes
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
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Two styles are contained here -- ``quoted'' providing a single
command to use inline quotes in a specific language, and
``onedash'' to typeset dashes in a specific style and language.
Unlike widely used alternatives, the exact appearance of the
characters produced by these styles is specified only in their
options.
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Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: BibTexMng (version 6.0)
Author's name: Petr Vabishchevich
Location on CTAN: /biblio/bibtex/utils/BibTexMng/
Summary description: The new version of BibTexMng
License type: shareware
Announcement text:
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BibTexMng
Version 6.0
BibTexMng is a very easy to use product of bibliographic software for Windows.
BibTexMng combines online searching, reference management, bibliography making,
and information sharing into a single user-friendly environment. It was written to be
used with LaTeX, using BibTeX.
BibTexMng is a program for manipulating BibTeX database files. These files contain all
the relevant data, and sometimes additional information such as abstracts and
keywords, but do not specify the final format in which this data will be presented. The
data is organized into records, in which each record is identified by a unique key or
label.
BibTexMng requires Windows XP or Vista, or later editions of MS Windows.
We do not warrant that the software is error free.
This is not free software. Subject to the terms below, you are hereby.
Licensed to use Shareware Version of this software for evaluation purposes without
charge for a period of 30 days. The free evaluation period starts at the moment of
installation of the software.
New features in version 6.0:
• The program rewritten to use the WinForm components in the language C#
• Internal Xml format used for bibliographic records
• Support for advanced search capabilities of bibliographic records in the database
• Import bibliographical data on the basis of Google Scholar service
Installation
BibTexMng is distributed as BibTexMngSetup.exe. Run BibTexMngSetup.exe and
simply follow the on-screen instructions to install BibTexMng.
BibTexMng is copyright (C) 2000-2009, by VNP Comp.
Contact:
Home Page: http://www.latexsoft.com
e-mail: bibtexmng(a)latexsoft.com
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Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: biblatex-dw
Author's name: Dominik Wassenhoven
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-dw/
Summary description: Humanities styles for biblatex
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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version 1.2i
- BUGFIX: When using option 'usetranslator=true', the
translator string was not aware of the option
'editorstring'. This is now fixed.
- Improved bibmacro 'journal+issuetitle' which is now aware
of the option 'edbeforetitle'.
- The 'typeeditor' field is now supported. It can take the
values 'editor' and 'compiler'. This field determines the
editor string after the name of the editor(s). The
abbreviated forms are 'ed.' for 'editor' and 'comp.' for
'compiler'. In German, both strings are the same
('Herausgeber' or 'Hrsg.').
- In English, the 'idem' string is now declined (idem,
eadem, idem in singular; eidem, eaedem, eadem in plural)
and no longer abbreviated, even if abbreviate=true is
used.
- Improved the handling of 'origfields=true'.
- In German, the string 'reprint' (Nachdruck) is now
abbreviated as 'Ndr.', not as 'Nachdr.'
- Compound abbreviations are now separated by a thin space
rather than a normal one. At the moment, this affects
only the German localization in strings like 'hg. v.'
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peter wilson wrote:
> I have uploaded fonttable.tar.gz to UK incoming. Please use this
> to replace the current macros/latex/contrib/fonttable.
>
> From the README:
>
> The fonttable package enables you to print a table of the
> characters in a font (a font table), and/or some sample text.
>
> This, in a package form, is a poor man's version of nfssfont.tex
>
> Changes in v1.4 (2009/05/06)
> o Added another method for font selection
i've installed the new version; thanks for the upload.
users may view the catalogue entry at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/fonttable.html
or browse the package diretory at
http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/fonttable/
i've updated the catalogue entry very slightly, and that change will
appear on the web overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been put up at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your local
mirror
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: figbas
Author's name: Bob Tennent
Location on CTAN: /fonts/figbas
Summary description: mini-fonts for figured-bass notation in music
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This package consists of three mini-fonts (and associated
metrics) of conventional ligatures for the figured-bass
notations 2+, 4+, 5+, 6+ and 9+ in music manuscripts. The
fonts are usable with Computer Modern Roman and Sans, and
Palatino/Palladio, respectively.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/figbas
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Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: draftmark
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Location on CTAN: /
Summary description: Adds draftmark intelligently on arbitrary pages of documents
License type: nocommercial
Announcement text:
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Optimized a segment of code and included an example
source file as requested by users.
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http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/draftmark
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Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: The fge font
Author's name: J.J. Green
Location on CTAN: /fonts/fge
Summary description: a font for Frege's Grundgesetze der Arithmetik
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This release fixes garbled dvips output when using the
PostScript version of the font (only fge.map is modified).
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Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: TeXcount
Author's name: Einar Andreas Rødland
Location on CTAN: /support/texcount
Summary description: Perl script for counting the words in LaTeX documents
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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Version 2.2 of TeXcount adds support for handling Unicode
(UTF-8) encoded documents, thus able to handle non-Latin
alphabets such as Greek and Hebrew, and special options for
counting the characters of Chinese and Japanese texts. The
script, including these new features, is available as a
web-service at
http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html
where additional support (FAQ) is also provided.
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and so, up pops another billet-doux from my upload daemon:
> Name of contribution: achemso
> Author's name: Joseph Wright
> Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/achemso
> Summary description: Support for submissions to American Chemical Society Journals
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> v3.2b:
> - New email option to prevent printing e-mails
> - Bug fix for non-superscript citations
> - Added better compatibility with v3.1 configuration files
thanks for the upload. i've installed the new version and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/achemso.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive//macros/latex/contrib/achemso
the catalogue entry on the web will be updated (ever so slightly)
overnight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
This package has been updated at tug.ctan.org and should within a day be at your
local mirror.
Thanks,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
......................................................................
The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: tikz-timing
Author's name: Martin Scharrer
Location on CTAN: /graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/
Summary description: Update to version 0.4a
License type: lppl
Announcement text:
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This update adds a ablerules macro to add booktabs-like
table rules to a tikztimingtable. The default style of
inline nodes has been changes from empty to
'shape=coordinate' which should be better suited for the
standard application of this feature. A further example
showing the use of inline use to draw marker lines and
ablerules has been added.
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikz-timing/
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/tikz-timing
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This package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon be at your
favorite mirror.
Thanks again,
Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: draftmark
Author's name: Ahmed Musa
Location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/draftmark
Summary description: Put draftmarks on select pages intelligently
License type: nocommercial
Announcement text:
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This package puts a user-specified draftmark on pages of documents. It
is more general than the package 'draftwatermark' by Sergio Callegari.
The advantages of this package over 'draftwatermark' include: the user
can specify his own draftmark and color, the draftmark position, the
page (all pages, odd pages, even pages, a particular page number, and
a range of pages) on which the draftmark should appear, and all the
options are passed directly to package instead of being defined by
macros. There is also the provision to use the macro draftmarksetup,
which can be used to specify draftmark properties for each page or
range of pages. With the 'xcolor' package (loaded by this package),
all colors (including 'white', shades like 'red!75!green!50', and
those defined within the user document) can be passed to this package.
The code of this package is very much shorter than that of the
'draftcopy' package by Jurgen Vollmer (2002) because it capitalizes
on some dvi 'hook' packages that have become available in recent
years (post 2002).
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This package is located at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/draftmark
. More information is at
http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/draftmark
(if the package is new it may take a day for that information to
appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org .
Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
the upload daemon, here, claims:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: tolkienfonts
> Author's name: Ariel Barton
> Location on CTAN: fonts/
> Summary description: Virtual fonts for writing easily with Tolkien's tengwar and cirth scripts
> License type: lppl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> The virtual fonts in this package allow the user to easily write
> English, Quenya and Sindarin in several modes with J.R.R. Tolkien's
> tengwar, cirth, sarati and valmaric scripts, using freely available
> TrueType fonts found on the internet.
>
> Support is at very nearly the highest possible level; the point of
> this package was to avoid bizarre spellings or lots of special
> commands.
>
> Fonts supported are Tengwar Annatar, Cirth Erebor, Sarati and Valmaric
> Eldamar, and (with a little more work) Tengwar Parmaite, Eldamar,
> Noldor, Quenya and Sindarin.
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thanks for the upload; i've installed the files and made an entry in the
ctan catalogue.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/tolkienfonts.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/
the catalogue entry won't, of course, appear on the web until after the
processing job, which is some time after i've gone to bed...
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team