13/FEB/95 This README file is to accompany the following file: quenya16.zip Tengwar-Quenya font What is this: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tengwar-Quenya is a MS-Windows 3.1 compatible Truetype (and ATM) font for the Elvish Tengwar alphabet. It can be used to write Elf language inscriptions with MS-Windows applications. (Quenya is one of the languages of the Elves in J.R.R. Tolkien's book: "Lord of the Rings".) Also included is a document detailing how to write with Tengwar while using this font plus a useful MS-Word-6.0 WordBasic Macro. What do these files do: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The files included in this archive file are: QUENYA.TTF .... The MS-Windows-3.1 Truetype Font file. QUENYA.AFM .... The MS-Windows-3.1 compatible Adobe Type Manager (ATM) QUENYA.INF .... version of the font. (Requires four files.) QUENYA.PFB .... QUENYA.PFM .... QUENYA.DOC .... The MS-Word-6.0 font documentation, instructions and examples. MACRO.TXT ..... The MS-Word-6.0 WordBasic Macro: "Tengwar Typewriter for English". QUENYA1.WRI ... The MS-Write-3.1 version of the font documentation. QUENYA2.WRI ... Contained in two files. (Not as pretty as the MS-Word-6.0 document, but better than nothing.) How to install a MS-Windows-3.1 Truetype font: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you don't know how to install new Truetype fonts, follow the directions below (Since you are reading this file, I will assume that you have already "PKUNZIP'ed" the ZIP file onto a temp directory on your hard disk.): - Start MS-Windows-3.1. - Go to the MAIN folder and select CONTROL PANEL. - Select FONTS. - Select ADD. - In this dialog box, go to the section marked 'Drives' and use the scroll buttons to click on the drive (C:, D:, or whatever) you have the unzipped files to. - Use the section marked 'Directories' to the left of 'Drives' to select the directory the unzipped files are in. - The font names will appear in the section marked 'List of Fonts'. - Click on the font you want to install (using the mouse). - Click on 'OK'. This should install the font so that your Windows applications can use it. Don't forget to check the quenya.doc file included in quenya16.zip. It will explain the key-mapping and show an example of font usage. Viewing the included MS-Word-6.0 document file: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have MS-Word-6.0, then viewing the included documentation is easy. Just Start MS-Word and open the "QUENYA.DOC" file. Tip: Since MS-Word-6.0 is a WYSIWYG word processor, the resolution of fonts displayed on the screen is based on the resolution of your Default MS-Windows-3.1 printer driver. For example if your Default printer is set to a 180dpi 24pin dot-matrix printer (like mine); a MS-Word document will appear much clearer and crisper on your screen if you specify a 600dpi postscript laser printer as your Default printer. (Even if you don't have a 600dpi postscript laser printer!) Loading the included MS-Word-6.0 WordBasic Macro: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you don't know how to install a MS-Word-6.0 WordBasic Macro, follow the directions below (Since you are reading this file, I will assume that you have already "PKUNZIP'ed" the ZIP file onto a temp directory on your hard disk.): - From MS-Windows-3.1, run MS-Notepad. - Select the "File" Drop-down menu and choose the "Open" item. - In this dialog box, go to the section marked 'Drives' and use the scroll buttons to click on the drive (C:, D:, or whatever) you have the unzipped files to. - Use the section marked 'Directories' to select the directory the unzipped files are in. - Select the "MACRO.TXT" file. - Copy entire contents of the "MACRO.TXT" file into the clipboard. (Highlight all of the text in the Notepad window, then Select the "Edit" Drop-down menu and choose the "Copy" item.) - From MS-Windows-3.1, run MS-Word-6.0. - Select the "Tools" Drop-down menu and choose the "Macros" item. - Enter a name for the macro (such as "TengwarQuenya16") and click "Create" button. - Delete the default text ("Sub MAIN" & "End Sub") from the Macro text window. - Copy entire contents of the clipboard to the Macro text window. (Select the "Edit" Drop-down menu and choose the "Paste" item.) - Close the Macro text window. (Select the "File" Drop-down menu and choose the "Close" item.) - Click on "Yes". This should install the macro so that your MS-Word-6.0 can use it. Invoke it just as you would any other MS-Word-6.0 macro. You may want to even add it to your MS-Word-6.0 toolbar. What if you don't have MS-Word-6.0: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you don't have MS-Word-6.0, then you won't be able to directly view the enclosed MS-Word-6.0 document. To view the document, your options are as follows: 1) If you have access to the Internet, download Microsoft's FREEWARE MS-Word-6.0 document viewer. It is available via anonymous FTP at: "ftp.microsoft.com" at: "softlib/mslfiles/wordvu.exe" (Note: "wordvu.exe" is 1.4-Megabytes in size!) 2) If you have a different MS-Windows-3.1 based word processor (such as WordPerfect or AMI-PRO, you should be able to load the MS-Word document directly into your word processor. 3) If you only have the default MS-Windows-3.1 word processor "Write", you can view the included files "QUENYA1.WRI" and "QUENYA2.WRI". Due to formatting limitations, the MS-Word document had to split into two MS-Write documents. What if you can't use the MS-Word-6.0 WordBasic Macro: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you don't have MS-Word-6.0, then you won't be able to use the MS-Word-6.0 WordBasic macro. That's a shame, because without the macro the font can be difficult to use. This is due to the nature of the Tengwar alphabet. While the English alphabet contains 26 consonants and vowels, Tengwar contains close to 50 consonants, a dozen vowels, plus even more modifying symbols. Altogether there are over 130 different Tengwar symbols in this font and not all characters are easily accessible via a single key on the keyboard. The MS-Word-6.0 WordBasic macro displays a large window containing many push-buttons. Each push button is labeled and represents a Tengwar symbol, By using the macro you don't have to remember which key on the keyboard is for which symbol. If you use another word processor, and understand it's macro-language, and create a similar utility, please pass it along to me and other Tengwar fans. If you use Tengwar 1.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In January 1994 I released an earlier version of this font. It was version 1.1 and appears to be in wide circulation on Internet. If you are currently using this earlier version: Be Warned - the keyboard mapping is different in this new version (1.6) of the font. Unless you have written a great deal of Tengwar inscriptions, I recommend that you give this new version a try. Among the advantages of using version 1.6 are; greatly enhanced documentation, the MS-Word macro, and dozens of additional Tengwar and Tehta symbols and variations of symbols. Coming Soon: Tengwar 1.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This next version of the Tengwar font package will include an updated "Tengwar Quenya" font containing Tengwar numerals and an additional, more calligraphic "Tengwar Brushstroke" font. Also included will be an updated MS-Word macro for accessing the numerals, with droplist boxes for changing fonts and point sizes easily. Macros customized for use each major Middle-Earth language should also be available with this release.