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               FIGBAS (minifonts for figured-bass ligatures)
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                                                            version 1.0.1
                                                               2011-01-10
                                                              Bob Tennent
                                                         rdt(a)tennent.ca

This directory contains a zip file figbas.tds.zip providing 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 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 teTeX-3 system, execute                        

  updmap-sys --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.