README: revise install instructions and formatting

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![Screenshot](https://github.com/sunaku/tamzen-font/raw/master/README.png)
This is [my personal fork][1] of the wonderful [Tamsyn font by Scott Fial][2].
It is programatically forked from Tamsyn version 1.11 by the `Rakefile` script
(see the "Building" section below) which backports glyphs from older versions
while deleting deliberately empty glyphs (which are marked as unimplemented)
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Installation
------------
NOTE: For non-Linux platforms, try using the font files in these subfolders:
In Arch Linux:
* `dfont/` - Apple bitmap only sfnt (dfont)
* `otb/` - X11 bitmap only sfnt (otb)
* `fon/` - Win FON
* `fnt/` - Win FNT
* `pdb/` - Palm OS Bitmap
* `pt3/` - PS Type3 Bitmap
* Install [from the AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tamzen-font-git/).
NOTE: [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org) users may also install this font
through [this AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tamzen-font-git/).
On any Linux:
[Download] this Git repository to `~/.fonts/tamzen-font` and then run:
* [Download] or clone this repository to `~/.fonts/tamzen-font` and run:
[Download]: https://github.com/sunaku/tamzen-font/archive/master.zip
xset +fp ~/.fonts/tamzen-font/bdf
xset fp rehash
xset +fp ~/.fonts/tamzen-font/bdf
xset fp rehash
Now you should be able to access the "Tamzen" font family in xfontsel.
* You should now be able to see the "Tamzen" font family in `xfontsel`.
[Download]: https://github.com/sunaku/tamzen-font/archive/master.zip
Other platforms:
* Try using the font files in these subfolders:
* `dfont/` - Apple bitmap only sfnt (dfont)
* `otb/` - X11 bitmap only sfnt (otb)
* `fon/` - Win FON
* `fnt/` - Win FNT
* `pdb/` - Palm OS Bitmap
* `pt3/` - PS Type3 Bitmap
### Linux VT integration
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Building
--------
You can build the Tamzen fonts for yourself by following this procedure.
You can build the Tamzen fonts for yourself by running these commands:
```sh
bundle exec rake # build things only when necessary
bundle exec rake clobber # destroy everything that we built
bundle exec rake clobber default # rebuild everything from scratch
```
### Requirements
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sudo apt-get install fontforge
```
### Procedure
```sh
bundle exec rake # build things only when necessary
bundle exec rake clobber # destroy everything that we built
bundle exec rake clobber default # rebuild everything from scratch
```
License
-------
Distributed under the same terms as the Tamsyn font. See `LICENSE` file.
[1]: http://snk.tuxfamily.org/log/tamsyn-1.7b-review.html
[1]: https://sunaku.github.io/tamsyn-1.7b-font-review.html
[2]: http://www.fial.com/~scott/tamsyn-font/
[3]: http://invisible-island.net/xterm/
[4]: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html