Jonathan Walls submitted the
HitType
package.
Version: 1.0 2025-02-03
License: lppl1.3c nocommercial
Summary description: Typesetting Hittite cuneiform
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The HitType package is a LaTeX package, based on the Ullikummi
cuneiform fonts created by Dr Sylvie Vanséveren, which aims to
create a simple way of typing in Hittite cuneiform.
It is platform-agnostic and allows the user to not only easily
insert Hittite cuneiform into a PDF, but also allows for formatting
in ways which can replicate real-world Hittite texts.
The package can also be used with the expex package for interlinear
translation and glossing, and examples are given in the documentation
which demonstrate such a usage.
Its most important features are the ability to insert cuneiform signs
without needing to either search manually for a sign in a list
or to memorize/reference Unicode codes, and some user-friendly
commands which can create heterographic transcription formatting.
Each sign is accessed using an uppercase command such as \AC,
based on the Latin or syllabic value of each sign according to
the Unicode standard, which is included in the documentation.
In fact, the package is constructed in such a way that a user could
even change out the font for a different font that they prefer
with little to no disruption, simply by changing out the .ttf
file in the package for the font of their choice
(using the same name of UllikummiX.ttf).
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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
https://ctan.org/pkg/hittype
The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/hittype/
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Thanks for the upload.
For the CTAN Team
Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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