
   Etruscan Font mid/late V1.0 Bold (c)gzb 2001
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   Content of the Etruscan Font ZIP-package

   (1) This <readme.txt> (Instruction)
   (2) <etr1bgzb.ttf> (True Type Font)
   (3) <Etr.dot> (Macro Template for MS Word 6 and up, for changing the direction of typed text)

   Copyright Note

   Although the Etruscan alphabet is a invention of an ancient people, today not existing anymore, and the fact, that I distribute the font based on their alphabet without any charge to the user, the glyphs contained in the font are an intellectual property of the author of the font, and are subject to copyright regulations. I reserve all rights attributed to authorship, copyright and distribution. You can use this font without restriction, but I require, that if you publish or present any product generated by this font (by whichever public media, printed or electronic), you shall make an academic reference to it, as is customary with any used bibliography or source of information. You can not extract the glyphs (in full or partly) from the font, change them, import into another font, sell this font, or include it into any commercial product intended for marketing, without my permission. I reserve the right to distribute this font, which must not be separated from the Read-me file. I agree however, that you embed this font into text-documents, and send to your friends for evaluation purpose, reading or printing, or expose on notice-boards of limited use (like schools, universities, museums), but not in public media (like newspapers, journals, reviews etc) without my permission. I reserve the right to change the above conditions at any time.

   Installation and Use of the Etruscan Font

   Installation of fonts (WIN 9x): Open the Control-Panel Font-Utility: START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL and double click on the FONTS icon. Then open the FILE-menu, and select INSTALL NEW FONT. Set the ADD FONTS dialog-box to find the downloaded and unzipped Font-file named <Etr1bgzb.ttf>, highlight it and click OK! To remove the Font: in the Control-Panel Font-Utility highlight the Font to be deleted, open the FILE-menu and select DELETE.

   The Etruscan Font can be used with any Word Processor capable of selecting fonts (like Microsoft WordPad or Word97 etc), on both platforms: Mac and MS Windows alike. It will appear as a Font Name <Etruscan mid/late Bold>, or PostScript name <EtruscanMLB>. Before typing, it will be necessary to select the Etruscan Font, then type the text from left-to-right. The order right-to-left can be obtained by using the Etruscan Reverse Macro (see next paragraph!). After conversion you can "align to right", since the line is flowing right-to-left. If you wish to retype the 'Liber Linteus' you can use the red diacritical sign | and colorize it red. The Underscore _ you can use in the same manner. Note, that the Space-Bar is Etruscan Word-Divider (dot!) and not White-Space. If you need a White-Space, you can type the unused letters G or J.
   Note: If you select very small letter-sizes (12 points or smaller), some character-weights may appear unequal. This is normal - due to limited screen resolution. The printed characters will be however, OK!

   Changing the Flow Direction: Right-to-Left

   Please note, that the change of the Flow-Direction of Word-Processors is not a trivial matter! Although all True Type Fonts have information included about their Encoding, Language, Flow-Direction hint etc, the applications usually ignore those settings and include their own default values (in presumption, that nobody will ever try to use those applications for writing other than English texts!). Some applications however, do have inbuilt facilities for changing these setups (keyboard selection, direction of typing and left/right formatting) very easily (Accent Express 2.0 - Multilingual Windows Word Processor - US$10!), others are impossible to change without being a computer wizard. Since the Etruscan writing flows from right-to-left (sometimes bidirectional!), this is a serious handicap!

   The Etruscan Reverse Macro (for Microsoft Word 6 and up)

   I believe, there are many solutions to the above mentioned flaw, but I will mention here only one, for the users of the MS Word: the Etruscan Reverse Macro (special thanks to the computer wizard Nick Haasz!). Macros are small software packages run by the Word-Processor, to automate some complicated, or otherwise impossible functions. This one, presented here is not changing the direction of typing, it is only reversing the sequence of the letters already typed, so much needed for the Etruscan script. IMPORTANT: You must be aware, that the Word-Processor does not know, that your line reading begins at the right and ends at the left, and any AUTOMATIC LINE BREAK will ruin your word-order! To avoid this, you shall avoid any automatic line-breaks, after you converted your text.

   Installation and Use of the Etruscan Reverse Macro (MS Word 6 and up)

   The here given description applies to Word97 (for other Word-processors you need to consult the Help-file): Open the unzipped file <Etr.dot> in Word. A dialog-box will pop up to tell you, that the document contains a macro. Click ENABLE MACRO > OK. (Warning: you should accept macros only from trusted sources. Good advice is: do not accept macros if you don't know, who sent it to you, and what functions it does perform!) If you want to use the macro frequently, you may wish to import the macro into the Normal.dot template (proceed like this: TOOLS > MACRO > MACROS > ORGANIZER, then select on right-hand side Normal.dot (global template), on left-hand side Etr.dot (template), highlight in the left window the EtruscanReverse, then click COPY which points towards right; CLOSE). Now you imported the Macro into your Word Processor, and you can start to write your Etruscan text. For English text you can use any English font available on your computer (Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New etc.), for Etruscan text select Etruscan mid/late font. Type the text in left-to-right order, same as the English text. When you finish typing, highlight with the mouse the Etruscan text, and run the Macro: select TOOLS > MACRO > MACROS, highlight the <EtruscanReverse.MAIN>, and click RUN to execute the macro. This will reverse the order of the highlighted text to right-to-left. Repeat this for every Etruscan line. Alternatively, if you do not highlight any part of the text, the macro will reverse everything written in Etruscan Font. If you apply the macro twice, it will bring back the original word order. You can save your document with extension FileName.doc. You can also include the Etruscan font into the document (if you wish to send it to your friends, who don't have the Etruscan font on their computer): select TOOLS > OPTIONS > SAVE and check the EMBED TRUE TYPE FONTS, then OK! You can reduce the size of the document if you check also EMBED CHARACTERS IN USE ONLY, then OK!

   Note1: If you have any English text in the same document with the Etruscan text, the macro will not affect the English parts of the text! If you do not highlight any part of the text, the macro will revert all Etruscan text-portions written by the Etruscan mid/late Font! If you type in Etruscan numbers, the macro will not change their sequence unless they are separated by a word-space! Important: If you wish to apply any colours to the text, you should do that after completing the actions of the macro (the macro will not preserve your text-formatting!)
   Note2: Again bare in mind, that the Word-Processor does not know, that your line reading begins at the right and ends at the left, and any AUTOMATIC LINE BREAK will ruin your word-order! To avoid this, you shall avoid any automatic line-breaks, after you converted your text.

   If you are a frequent user of the macro, you can create a Macro Button and add it into the Tool-Bar (For this right-click anywhere on the visible ToolBar, select CUSTOMIZE > COMMANDS > MACROS, select EtruscanReverse, and save changes in Normal.dot. Not closing yet, drag-and-drop the macro-name into the ToolBar - for example next to the Help. With the Customize window still open, right-click on the new Button, select COPY BUTTON IMAGE, now right-click on the icon of your choice, and select PASTE BUTTON IMAGE. Now right-click on the new Button, select EDIT BUTTON IMAGE, you can edit the selected Icon, and/or change the name to Etr, then OK > CLOSE).

   Uninstall: To remove the macro from your system follow the next easy steps: Open the MS Word and open the dialog box TOOLS > MACRO > MACROS, in the drop-down window select macros in Normal.dot (global template), highlight the EtruscanReverse, then DELETE. To remove the Macro-button you created, hold down ALT and drag the Button off the ToolBar.
   
   Use of Accent Express 2.0 (Win 3x, 9x, NT)

   Open an application (blank document), click FORMAT > PARAGRAPH then change DIRECTION > RIGHT TO LEFT > OK. The cursor will change position from left edge to the right edge, and the cursor arrow will point towards left. In the FONT selection window click on the down-arrow (drop the font selection) and select Etruscan mid/late. You can start typing now in Etruscan. In the next paragraph you can select some English font and FORMAT > PARAGRAPH > DIRECTION > LEFT TO RIGHT > OK, the cursor will change to left and point towards right. You can now continue writing in English.
   Note: You can very easily write or print documents with mixed line-directions (Etruscan and English), but the document format is not compatible with any other Word Processor, so you can not send this type of documents to friends, who don't have Accent Express.

   About This Alphabet

   Etruscan mid/late script has derived from Greek 'Model Alphabet' in the 7-th Century BCE, itself being developed from the Phoenician script. It was a direct predecessor of our modern Roman script. The here presented alphabet was used from the 4-th till the 1-st Century BCE by the Etruscan people of Etruria (modern Tuscany in central Italy). Samples for this Font were taken from the 'Liber Linteus' (the only remaining linen book from pre-Roman times), the most significant document written in Etruscan language. Its flow was from right to left.

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   Log History

EtruscanReverse macro V1.00 added 11 July 2001.
Etruscan mid/late Font V1.00 created 6 June 2001 - bold only.
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