Introduction
============

The package contains the font files and pre-processor for printing
Sanskrit in both devanagari and transliterated roman with diacritics.

Some features of the devanagari are:

-   Font available in three weights and two slopes.

-   The i-hooks connect to the consonant at the correct position.

-   Accents for all Vedas (23 symbols).

-   Accent marking in colour or grey shading.

-   Choice of basic character forms, and samyoga.

-   Dynamic option selection.

-   Range of inter- and intra-syllable spacing.

-   Vedic anusvaara and jihvaamuuliiya/upadhmaaniiya.

-   Crisper characters (to look good at poster size of 150mm/6-inches).

Some features of the transliterated roman:

-   Transliterated output in roman script with diacritics, using the
    same encoding scheme as for producing devanaagarii.

-   Technical transliterated output using four 'cases', following the
    style of S.M.Katre in his translation of the A.s.taadhyaayii.

-   Each transliteration mode has four styles: roman/italic x bold/normal.

The font and supporting files are designed for use with LaTeX2e; it is a
bitmap font using Metafont.

Installation
============

Run the metafont program on the eight font source files (the typical
command would be `mf "\mode=ljfour; mag=1; input skt8;"` to produce the
`.tfm` files. If you are using `dvips`, then the `.pk` files will be
produced automatically on demand; if not, then you will need to

1.  Convert the .gf files with the command `gftopk skt8.600gf` (the
    number '600' depends upon your printer resolution and
    the magnification) to produce `skt8.pk` which must be copied to the
    appropriate subdirectory.
2.  Repeat this process with all eight fonts.
3.  For the six `skt*10.mf` files the whole process needs to be repeated
    with the mag value in the `mf` command set to 1.095, 1.2, 1.44,
    1.728, 2.074 and 2.488.

The `mf_inputs` path needs to point to the files with a `.mf` extension;
the `tex_fonts` path should point to the `.tfm` files; the `tex_inputs`
path should point to the files `skt.sty`, `ot1skt.fd`. The `tex_exe` (or
other appropriate) path should point to `skt.exe`.

To test the setup on the documentation file: first run the pre-processor
`skt sktdoc` and then `latex sktdoc`. The files `ifthen.sty`,
`relsize.sty`, `xcolor.sty` and `multicol.sty` are also required.

The files that you should have are:

`readme.md`  
This file.

`skt.sty`  
Style file (LaTeX2e) for the skt-series fonts.

`ot1skt.fd`  
Font descriptor file for the skt-series fonts.

`skt.c`  
Pre-processor source program in ANSI C.

`sktdoc.skt`  
Source file of documentation and samples.

`introtoskt.skt`  
Source file of introduction, quick start, and samples.

`sktdoc.ps`  
Print file of documentation and samples.

`sktdefs.mf`  
Common definitions of pens, macros, etc. for skt-series fonts.

`sktchars.mf`  
Common character source file for skt-series fonts.

`sktligs.mf`  
Ligature codes (in fact access codes for non-printing ASCII
code characters) for skt-series fonts.

`skt8.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 8pt upright.

`skt9.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 9pt upright.

`skt10.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 10pt upright.

`sktb10.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 10pt upright bold.

`sktf10.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 10pt upright feint.

`skts10.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 10pt slanted.

`sktbs10.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 10pt bold slant.

`sktfs10.mf`  
Metafont source file for skt font at 10pt feint slant.

`skt*.tfm`  
Eight .tfm font files for above.

History
=======

-   Revision 2.2.4-b 2025-11-15 Sumukh Prasad `sumukhprasad [dot] email [at] icloud [dot] com`
-   Revision 2.2.4 2022-09-24 Václav Haisman vhaisman@gmail.com
-   Revision 2.2.3 2018-02-10 Václav Haisman vhaisman@gmail.com
-   Revision 2.2.2 2017/02/22 Václav Haisman vhaisman@gmail.com
-   Revision 2.2.1 2016/09/01 Václav Haisman vhaisman@gmail.com
-   Revision 2.2 2002/01/02 Charles Wikner wikner@nac.ac.za
-   Revision 2.0 1996/11/27 Charles Wikner wikner@nacdh4.nac.ac.za
-   Revision 1.0 1996/02/13 Charles Wikner wikner@nacdh4.nac.ac.za