% tryprotosem.tex Test Proto-Semitic fonts \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage{protosem} \newcommand{\thisfont}{Proto-Semitic} \newcommand{\ABC}{A B D e E Y K L O P X Q R V} \newcommand{\abc}{a b g d z h w H T y k l m n o s p x q r S v t} \providecommand{\translitproto}[1]{} \title{The Proto-Semitic Fonts} \author{Peter Wilson \\ \texttt{herries dot press at earthlink dot net}} %%\author{} \date{} \begin{document} \maketitle This provides a short test of the characters in the \thisfont{} fonts --- the \verb|proto| font family. Following the declaration \verb?\protofamily? the \thisfont{} font is used. For just a few characters the \verb?\textproto{arg}? macro will typeset \verb?arg? in the \thisfont{} font. \begin{center} The \thisfont{} font, and alternate glyphs, in the huge size \\ {\protofamily\huge \abc\\ \ABC\\} \end{center} \begin{center} The font, and alternates, in its normal size followed by the Computer Modern Roman for comparison \\ \textproto{\abc} \\ \textproto{\ABC} \\ \abc \\ \ABC \end{center} The macro \verb?\translitproto{}? will give a transliteration of the commands in its argument. For example, \thisfont, as near as possible, in \thisfont{} is: \textproto{proto Semitig}, which transliterates as \translitproto{\Ap\Ar\Ao\At\Ao{} \Asv\Ae\Am\At\Ag}. \begin{table} \centering \caption{Alphabet and commands} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|c|c|c|l|} \hline Name & Meaning & Value & Glyph(s) & ASCII & Commands \\ \hline alpu & ox & \translitproto{\Aa} & \textproto{a} \textproto{A} & a A & \verb|\Aa| \verb|\Aaleph| \verb|\AAa| \verb|\AAaleph| \\ betu & house & \translitproto{\Ab} & \textproto{b} \textproto{B} & b B & \verb|\Ab| \verb|\Abeth| \verb|\AAb| \verb|\AAbeth| \\ ?? & throw-stick? & \translitproto{\Ag} & \textproto{g} & g & \verb|\Ag| \verb|\Agimel| \\ ?? & fish? & \translitproto{\Ad}? & \textproto{d} \textproto{D} & d D & \verb|\Ad| \verb|\Adaleth| \verb|\AAd| \verb|\AAdaleth| \\ ?? & man? & \translitproto{\Ah}? & \textproto{e} \textproto{E} & e E & \verb|\Ae| \verb|\Ahe| \verb|\AAe| \verb|\AAhe| \\ wawwu & hook/peg & \translitproto{\Aw} & \textproto{w} & w & \verb|\Aw| \verb|\Avav| \\ ?? & ?? & \translitproto{\Az} & \textproto{z} & z & \verb|\Az| \verb|\Azayin| \\ hotu & fence & \translitproto{\Ahd} & \textproto{h} \textproto{H} & h H & \verb|\Ahd| \verb|\Aheth| \verb|\AAhd| \verb|\AAheth| \\ ?? & twisted flax & \translitproto{\Atd}? & \textproto{T} & T & \verb|\Atd| \verb|\Ateth| \\ yadu & hand/arm & \translitproto{\Ay} & \textproto{y} \textproto{Y} & y Y & \verb|\Ay| \verb|\Ayod| \verb|\AAy| \verb|\AAyod| \\ kappu & palm of hand & \translitproto{\Ak} & \textproto{k} \textproto{K} & k K & \verb|\Ak| \verb|\Akaph| \verb|\AAk| \verb|\AAkaph| \\ lamdu & ox goad & \translitproto{\Al} & \textproto{l} \textproto{L} & l L & \verb|\Al| \verb|\Alamed| \verb|\AAl| \verb|\AAlamed| \\ mayyuma? & water & \translitproto{\Am} & \textproto{m} & m & \verb|\Am| \verb|\Amem| \\ nahasu & snake & \translitproto{\An} & \textproto{n} & n & \verb|\An| \verb|\Anun| \\ enu & eye & \translitproto{\Ao} & \textproto{o} \textproto{O} & o O & \verb|\Ao| \verb|\Aayin| \verb|\AAo| \verb|\AAayin| \\ ?? & ?? & \translitproto{\As}? & \textproto{s} & s & \verb|\As| \verb|\Asamekh| \\ ?? & leg/foot? & \translitproto{\Ap}? & \textproto{p} \textproto{P} & p P & \verb|\Ap| \verb|\Ape| \verb|\AAp| \verb|\AApe| \\ ?? & plant? & \translitproto{\Asd}? & \textproto{x} \textproto{X} & x X & \verb|\Asd| \verb|\Asade| \verb|\AAsd| \verb|\AAsade| \\ ?? & knot? & \translitproto{\Aq}? & \textproto{q} \textproto{Q} & q Q & \verb|\Aq| \verb|\Aqoph| \verb|\AAq| \verb|\AAqoph| \\ rasu & head & \translitproto{\Ar} & \textproto{r} \textproto{R} & r R & \verb|\Ar| \verb|\Aresh| \verb|\AAr| \verb|\AAresh| \\ ?? & lotus pool? & \translitproto{\Asv} & \textproto{S} & S & \verb|\Asv| \verb|\Ashin| \\ tawwu & mark & \translitproto{\At} & \textproto{t} & t & \verb|\At| \verb|\Atav| \\ %%%?? & ?? & \translitproto{\Au} & \textproto{u} \textproto{U} & u U & \verb|\Au| \verb|\Afoot| \verb|\AAu| \verb|\AAfoot| \\ ?? & ?? & \translitproto{\Av} & \textproto{v} \textproto{V} & v V & \verb|\Av| \verb|\Ahelmet| \verb|\AAv| \verb|\AAhelmet| \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{table} \end{document}