This is the ReadMe file for the Kzinti SFB True Type font.ttf and the
Royal Kzinti SFB True Type font.ttf

A note on placement of letters on the keyboard. Small letters are used
mainly for both of these fonts. There is no letter X or Q in the Kzinti
language. Several capital letters are used on the keyboard in both of these
fonts to represent the extra Kzinti letters. A = z'    D = s'    F = tk 
G = gr     H = hr     I = kh      J = nj     K = kz    L = ks    N = ng 
R = rg     S = sr     T = th      V = vr     W = wr    X = zr    Y = ts 
Z = zh
all other letters are represented on the keyboard by small letters and are 
the equivalent of those letters represented on the keyboard.

The Kzinti number system is based on 8 rather than 10, so there are no numbers
to represent 9 or 10. Number 9 would be written 8 and 1 or 8&1, while 10 would
be 8 and 2 or 8&2. The number 17 would be 2 8's and 1 or 2x8&1. Number 90 would
be written 8 8's plus 3 8's and 2 or 8x8+3x8&2. There are probably other ways
to write octal numbers, but I'm not a mathematician.



Roger Kuiper, October 2001



these fonts are based on the the Kzinti script presented in Nexus and Captain's
Log magazines from Amarillo Design Bureau and Task Force Games for the board game
Star Fleet Battles. Part of the script of Royal Kzinti SFB True Type font is based
on the picture of the Imperial Conqueror dreadnaught by Todd Hamilton and James Clause
on page 65 of The Guide to Larry Niven's Ringworld (c) 1994 Bill Fawcett and Associates
under liscense from New Frontier Entertainment. All rights are reserved to these 
agencies and individuals and no copyright infringment is intended. Use of these fonts
is for personal enjoyment and should not be employed in any professional or electronic
medium unless permission is obtained from the designers of these letters. No permission 
is required from the creator of these fonts (me). Any legal action will be taken against
those who violate this rather than myself, since my intent is purely for personal 
enjoyment by those who download these fonts and not for any use which would involve payment
or publication in professional media.