HitType Package v2.1

2025/05/02

Maintainer: Jonathan Walls

jonathan.walls@ling-phil.ox.ac.uk

The HitType package allows for typing in Hittite Cuneiform in LaTeX documents, using relatively simple commands based on the Latin transcriptions of the various signs. It also includes some formatting commands designed to allow for easy formatting of heterographic compounds, as well as shorthands for symbols commonly used in transcriptions.

The hittype-doc.tex file is the LaTeX version of the documentation which can be run as a testing ground for new users.

Copyright 2025 Jonathan Walls

This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c of this license or (at your option) any later version.

The latest version of this license is in https://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c.txt and version 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2008 or later.

This work has the LPPL maintenance status maintained'. The Current Maintainer of this work is Jonathan Walls.

This work consists of the files hittype.sty, hittype-doc.tex and the derived file hittype-doc.pdf.

The UllikummiA.ttf, UllikummiB.ttf, and UllikummiC.ttf files comprise the Ullikummi Hittite cuneiform fonts developed by Dr Sylvie Vanséveren, distributed with written permission from Dr Vanséveren, available on the Hethitologie Portal Mainz. The fonts are available free of charge. They are copyrighted and may not be modified or distributed in any modified form, nor may they be distributed commercially. The fonts may be used for academic and research purposes. They may be used in scientific publications and websites for scholarly purposes.

The user agrees to mention the following credits: Fonts created by Sylvie Vanséveren, available on the Hethitologie Portal Mainz

Version history:

2.1 - Added some specific sign combinations

2.0 - Major revision, created new structure that allows using HitType and LuwianType packages simultaneously

1.1 - changed command definition structure to fix spacing issues and updated documentation

1.0 - Original Release Version