The linearb package provides a Metafont version of the Linear B script
which was a syllabary used in the Bronze Age for writing Mycenaean Greek.
It is one of a series of archaic fonts.

    The distribution consists of the following files:
README (this file)
linearb.ins
linearb.dtx
tryfont.tex

    The distribution is provided under the terms of the LaTeX
Project Public License (LPPL).

    To install the package:
o run: latex linearb.ins, which will generate:
       linb*.mf files
       *.fd files
       linearb.sty
o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them.
    For example: the linb*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/linearb
                 the *.fd and .sty files to /texmf/tex/latex/local/linearb
    On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add the following 
    line to texmf/fontname/special.map:
      linb10.mf       public    linearb
    On a teTeX distribution remember to run texhash after moving the files.

    To get the documentation:
o NOTE: Access to the docmfp package is useful but not essential; read the
        first few lines of linearb.dtx as to what to do if docmfp is not 
        available.
o run: latex linearb.dtx
o if you want an index, run: makeindex -s gind.ist linearb
o run: latex linearb.dtx
o Print linearb.dvi for a hardcopy of the package manual 
o run: latex tryfont  for a testpage of the Linear B font

1999/06/20
Peter Wilson
peter.r.wilson@boeing.com