=> dieser Text in deutscher Sprache: Datei "liesmich" <= ************************************************************ * * * yfonts.sty v1.2 * * * * A package for using old german fonts with LaTeX2e * * * ************************************************************ Walter Schmidt 1999-01-25 The macro package "yfonts" provides a LaTeX interface to the old-german fonts designed by Yannis Haralambous: Gotisch, Schwabacher, Fraktur and the baroque initials. Despite their non-standard encoding, these fonts are fully integrated into LaTeX's font management (NFSS), and the package can be used together with german.sty. A macro is provided which starts a paragraph with an embedded initial. LaTeX files ----------- yfonts.dtx LaTeX source yfonts.ins installation script frktest.tex short example The fonts --------- The package yfonts.sty supports the following fonts: ygoth Gotisch from /fonts/gothic/ygoth yswab Schwabacher /fonts/gothic/yswab yfrak Fraktur /fonts/gothic/yfrak ysmfrak Fraktur (variant) /fonts/gothic/yfrak yinitas initials /fonts/gothic/yinit It depends on your TeX system, how the above fonts are to be installed. This topic is NOT discussed here. *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING The font "ygoth" is known to produce Metafont errors. In rare cases such problems have been observed with the other fonts, too. This has nothing to do with the package yfonts.sty, it is due to incorrect Metafont code of the fonts. Questions and bug reports on this problem should be sent to Yannis Haralambous , who has designed the old german fonts. Installing the LaTeX package ---------------------------- Run LaTeX on yfonts.ins to generate yfonts.sty. Move yfonts.sty to a directory where LaTeX will find it. Run LaTeX on yfonts.dtx to typeset the documentation of the LaTeX package. The documentation is written in german, so you will need german.sty and the german hyphenation patterns. Run LaTeX on the example frktest.tex; again, german.sty is required. A short (and incomplete) english guide to yfonts.sty ---------------------------------------------------- The commands \gothfamily, \swabfamily, \frakfamily and \initfamily switch to Gotisch, Schwabacher, Fraktur or initials within the current group. \textgoth{...}, \textswab{...}, \textfrak{...} and \textinit{...} typeset their argument using old german fonts. Size changing command are honored; available sizes are 10pt, 10.95pt, 12pt ... 24.88pt. There are no further font series or shapes. You may however use Schwabacher for emphasizing within a Fraktur environment, thus following historical practice. The regular \baselineskip is too large for the old german fonts; the command \fraklines selects a suitable \baselineskip for Fraktur or Schwabacher within the current group; you must repeat it after any size changing command. Some ASCII symbols are missing (there is e.g. no ";" in the Schwabacher font, and none of the fonts has a "@") A paragraph in Fraktur which starts with an embedded initial: {\frakfamily\fraklines \yinipar{E}in Absatz ... \par } \yinipar begins a new paragraph (like \par) and suppresses indentation (like \noindent). The end of the paragraph (blank line or \par) must be within in the same group as the command \fraklines. Use the regular LaTeX commands for umlauts, accents and special symbols. You may additionally load german.sty. Important ligatures: *a *e *o *u produce a special version of the umlauts with a small e instead of the dots. Load the package with the option [varumlaut] to get them with the regular commands, like \"a or "a, too. s: is the so-called final s the sharp s may be produced by \ss, "s or the ligature sz The command \etc produces a once popular symbol for "etc."; it is available in the Fraktur font only. History ------- v1.2 <1998-09-10> New: \yinipar v1.1 <1997-09-11> % finis