% bsample.tex    Samples of book-hand fonts
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{rustic}
\usepackage{uncial}
\usepackage{auncial}
\usepackage{huncial}
\usepackage{inslrmaj}

%\newcommand{\ABC}{ABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}
\newcommand{\abc}{a b c d e f gh i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z}
\newcommand{\punct}{. , ; : ! ? ` ' \& ( ) [ ]}
\newcommand{\figs}{0123456789}
\newcommand{\dashes}{- -- ---}
\newcommand{\ligs}{``the brown \& white dog --- but fast acting hare''}
\newcommand{\sentence}{%
    now is the time for all good
men, and women, to come to the aid of the party while the quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.}
\newcommand{\latin}{%
    te canit adcelebratque polus rex gazifer hymnis.
trans zephyrique globum scandunt tua facta per axem.}

\newcommand{\Sentence}{%
This is an example of the font. Now is the time for all good
men, and women, to come to the aid of the party while the quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.}

\hyphenation{glo-b-um tra-ns ad-cel-e-brat-que zeph-yr-ique}

\title{Bookhands Font Sampler}
\author{Peter Wilson\\ \texttt{peter.r.wilson@boeing.com}}
\date{September 2000}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
\clearpage

\section{Introduction}

    This document provides some samples of the book-hand fonts. They are
available from CTAN in the \texttt{fonts/bookhands} directory. The (lowercase)
and other characters in each font are displayed first, followed by an example
of some text including ligatures. Then some more text is
shown in the font. The first part of the text is a sentence containing some
well known English phrases. The second and third sentences are Latin
abecedarian sentences dating from about 790~\textsc{ad}.

    As an example, the Computer Modern Roman font would be sampled like this:
\begin{center}
\abc \\
\punct{} \dashes \\
\figs 

\ligs\par
\end{center}

\begin{quotation}
\sentence{} \latin \par
\end{quotation}

    It should be noted that not all the fonts have the complete range of
punctuation marks and ligatures as shown in the CMR example. Punctuation
was virtually non-existant in the first century while by Gutenberg's time
all of our modern punctuation marks were in use.

\clearpage
\section{Roman Rustic}

    The Roman Rustic font was used between the first and sixth centuries.
Capital letters, if used at all, were just larger versions of the normal letters.

    The font and packages are in the \texttt{rustic} subdirectory.

\begin{center}
\rustfamily
\abc \\
\punct{} \dashes \\
\figs 

\ligs\par
\end{center}

\begin{quotation}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.9}
\rustfamily 
\sentence{} \latin \par
\end{quotation}


\clearpage
\section{Uncial}

    The Uncial font was used between the third and sixth centuries. 
Capital letters, if used at all, were either just larger versions of the 
normal letters, or Roman Rustic letters.

    The font and packages are in the \texttt{uncial} subdirectory.

\begin{center}
\unclfamily
\abc \\
\punct{} \dashes \\
\figs 

\ligs\par
\end{center}

\begin{quotation}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.37}
\unclfamily
\sentence{} \latin \par
\end{quotation}

\clearpage
\section{Half Uncial}

    The Half Uncial font was used between the third and ninth centuries. 
Capital letters were only used at the
start of a paragraph and were always partially, or completely, set in the margin.
They were either larger versions of the normal letters, or letters from earlier
fonts.

    The font and packages are in the \texttt{huncial} subdirectory.

\begin{center}
\hunclfamily
\abc \\
\punct{} \dashes \\
\figs 

\ligs\par
\end{center}

\begin{quotation}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.4}
\hunclfamily
\sentence{} \latin \par
\end{quotation}

\clearpage
\section{Artificial Uncial}

    The Artificial Uncial font was used between the sixth and tenth centuries. 
Capital letters were only used at the
start of a paragraph and were always partially, or completely, set in the margin.
They were either larger versions of the normal letters, or letters from earlier
fonts.

    The font and packages are in the \texttt{auncial} subdirectory.

\begin{center}
\aunclfamily
\abc \\
\punct{} \dashes \\
\figs 

\ligs\par
\end{center}

\begin{quotation}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.4}
\aunclfamily
\sentence{} \latin \par
\end{quotation}


\clearpage
\section{Insular Majuscule}

    The Insular Majuscule font was used between the sixth and ninth centuries,
firstly in Ireland and then later in England.
Capital letters were only used at the start of sentences. 
They were either larger versions of the normal letters, or highly decorated
very large letters.


    The font and packages are in the \texttt{inslrmaj} subdirectory.

\begin{center}
\imajfamily
\abc \\
\punct{} \dashes \\
\figs 

\ligs\par
\end{center}

\begin{quotation}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.4}
\imajfamily
\sentence{} \latin \par
\end{quotation}


\end{document}


