This archive contains tex, tfm and pk files which  were  used  for  the  rune
alphabet in ALIVE 4. Also included is the F77 source for a program to prepare
text files for use with this font.

THIS IS A HACK! I don't know enough MetaFont to create my  own  fonts,  so  I
used BitMapToFont to make fonts usable by TeX. The result is, these fonts can
only be used with 300dpi devices  (DeskJet,  LaserJet,  Previewer).  Well,  I
_did_  also  print  on a FujitsuDL (360dpi) but the output is not really what
you want.

Usage:
------
Copy the pk files in the appropriate directory.  For  my  EMTeX  installation
this would be:
C:\EMTEX\TEXFONTS\PIXEL.DJ\300DPI\
For PasTeX this would be:
TeX:fonts/pk/deskjet/300/

Copy the tfm files in the appropriate directory. For  my  EMTeX  installation
this would be:
C:\EMTEX\TFM\
For PasTeX this would be:
TeX:fonts/tfm/

Create a TeX file and include old_rune/new_rune. Here the commands for  using
these  fonts  are  (re)defined.  You  can  then use \{Letter} to print a rune
symbol. Look into the included files to see which  chars  are  available.  Be
careful not to use more than 14 chars per line, the chars are ½inch high. TeX
does no correct line- or wordbreak, since the chars are no letters. You  have
to do it by hand (I said it was a hack...).

For easier usage, I wrote a (very simple) Fortran77 program to convert  ascii
text  files  to  files  which can be included by main.tex The EXE file is for
DOS, I am working on a C version. See main.tex for the main file and code.tex
for an example to print all available characters.

All output will be acording to the rune alphabet used in:
    ALIVE 4 - Das Konzil der Magier
To make your own table have a look at old_rune/new_rune.

Disclaimer:
Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens when you
use (parts of) this package. Do not use Windows.
You are free to use the pk, tfm, tex and fortran files.
The rune bitmaps (oldrune.pcx, newrune.pcx) which were  used  to  create  the
bitmaps  are  not free, use grid.iff to create your own fonts. If you want to
use them anyway, ask me, I might give them away for a little reward :-)

You want to know what ALIVE is? Well, it's _a_ LIVE ROLE PLAYING GAME.
If your local dealer has not got the rules, you want to know more about ALIVE
and/or liveroleplaying or have comments about this package, contact me.

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                 1315    2570  51.2% -lh5- 7ce6 Oct 29  1996 ALIVE4.readme
[generic]                 2631   26804   9.8% -lh5- 7f20 Mar 30  1994 beta.lbm
[generic]                  190     305  62.3% -lh5- 7066 Oct 27  1996 code.tex
-rw-r-----  3114/300       822    3380  24.3% -lh5- 81ed Aug 10  1994 file.for
[generic]                  173   19296   0.9% -lh5- c4b3 Mar 30  1994 font1.lbm
[generic]                 6474   25489  25.4% -lh5- 680c Oct 29  1996 font2.lbm
[generic]                  220   12616   1.7% -lh5- 4ab1 Mar 29  1994 gitter1.iff
[generic]                27051   39300  68.8% -lh5- cad8 Oct 29  1996 gitter2.iff
[generic]                  156    4984   3.1% -lh5- d1d2 Mar 29  1994 grid.iff
[generic]                   81     125  64.8% -lh5- b960 Aug 19  1996 main.tex
[generic]                  416     604  68.9% -lh5- 4b65 Oct 27  1996 n_alpha.dvi
[generic]                   80     125  64.0% -lh5- 75d2 Oct 27  1996 n_alpha.tex
[generic]                  229    1207  19.0% -lh5- d7cb Aug  8  1994 new_rune.tex
[generic]                  217     536  40.5% -lh5- d9f4 Aug 19  1996 newrune.tex
[generic]                11443   12132  94.3% -lh5- 9bb8 Oct 27  1996 newrunea.pk
[generic]                   92     292  31.5% -lh5- 3d3f Oct 27  1996 newrunea.tfm
[generic]                  426     608  70.1% -lh5- fa31 Oct 27  1996 o_alpha.dvi
[generic]                   81     125  64.8% -lh5- b960 Aug 19  1996 o_alpha.tex
[generic]                  232    1213  19.1% -lh5- d7a7 Aug  9  1994 old_rune.tex
[generic]                  266     719  37.0% -lh5- 9fbe Aug 19  1996 oldrune.tex
[generic]                12313   13512  91.1% -lh5- 89b9 Oct 27  1996 oldrunea.pk
[generic]                   90     260  34.6% -lh5- 4178 Oct 27  1996 oldrunea.tfm
[generic]               113854  247276  46.0% -lh5- 29a7 Oct 30  1996 file.exe
[generic]                  376     622  60.5% -lh5- bdd4 Oct 30  1996 makefile
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 Total        24 files  179228  414100  43.3%            Oct 31  1996