Fix 2004/anonymous/README.md

Format fixes are obvious but I also added links to the wonderful Tolkien
related things like tehta (no that's not a typo), tengwa(r)? and
everything else in the file.

Also added link to the author of the font it's based on as well as their
page on the font. Fixed name of author as well.

Fixed some typos.

Moved the 'BTW' in judges' remarks to below the 'p.s.'.

Fixed URL. I'm not sure on this one because the author wished to be
anonymous (a real shame!) but left a URL anyway. Had to use the Internet
Wayback Machine. Also fixed in winners.{html,csv}.
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# Best use of "Precious" Lines
The author wishes to remain anonymous
Singapore
http://bicoherent.topcities.com/
The author wishes to remain anonymous
Singapore
<https://web.archive.org/web/20040324155828/http://bicoherent.topcities.com/>
## To build:
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## Judges' remarks:
Then view the output using your favourite "pgm" viewer. If you
don't have a "pgm" viewer then we suggest the "netpbm" toolkit
(http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/) to convert the image to a
graphics format that you can view - most graphical Web browsers
can display PNG or JPEG images.
Then view the output using your favourite
[pgm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netpbm#PGM_example) viewer. If you don't
have a `pgm` viewer then we suggest the [netpbm
toolkit](https://netpbm.sourceforge.net) to convert the image to a graphics
format that you can view. Most graphical web browsers can display PNG or JPEG
images.
BTW: if you haven't read The Lord of the Rings what are you waiting for? :-) You'll
find out the source of the text above though you'll see that there are some
circumflexes missing! That's okay though due to I/O of the entry and in earlier
drafts sometimes the û with an umlaut had a H added to it. The real text is:
p.s. Frodo lives!
### An important aside :-)
BTW: if you haven't read [The Lord of the
Rings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings) what are you waiting for? :-)
You'll find out the source of the text above though you'll see that there are
some circumflexes missing! That's okay though due to I/O of the entry and in
earlier drafts sometimes the û with an umlaut had no umlaut but H after the `u`
it. The real text is:
> Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh
> burzum-ishi krimpatul.
which when translated from Black Speech means:
which when translated from [Black
Speech](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/b/blackspeech.html) means:
> One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
> One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
> [One Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html) to rule them all, [One
Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html) to find them,
> [One Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html) to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
p.s. Frodo lives!
## Author's remarks:
This program takes a single command line argument, transcribes the
argument text into Tolkien's Elvish letters, and writes the
transcription to standard output as a portable graymap (PGM) file.
transcription to standard output as a [portable
graymap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netpbm#PGM_example) (PGM) file.
The specific transcription mode is the Black Speech Tengwar mode, as
used in the inscription on the One Ring. The program handles the
The specific transcription mode is the [Black
Speech](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/b/blackspeech.html) ([Tengwar
mode](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html)), as
used in the inscription on the [One
Ring](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/o/onering.html). The program handles the
following digraphs:
- "gh", "sh", "th": the corresponding tengwar are output for these
specific sounds
- "mh" denotes the full tengwa for [m]; "m" by itself means a
horizontal bar above the next letter
- "rh" denotes the [r\] tengwa
- "uh" denotes the tehta for long vowel [u:]
- "zh" selects the up-reaching tengwa for [z], while "z" selects the
down-reaching one
- `gh`, `sh`, `th`: the corresponding
[tengwar](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html) are output for these
specific sounds.
- `mh` denotes the full [tengwa](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html)
for `[m]`; `m` by itself means a horizontal bar above the next letter.
- `rh` denotes the `[r]` [tengwa](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html).
- `uh` denotes the [tehta](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tehtar.php) for long
vowel `[u:]`.
- `zh` selects the up-reaching
[tengwa](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/t/tengwar.html) for `[z]`, while `z`
selects the down-reaching one.
Punctuation marks other than commas and periods are ignored, as are
whitespace characters. In addition, the argument text must be entirely
in lower case.
The following command thus writes a rendering of the Ring inscription to
the file out.pgm:
The following command thus writes a rendering of the [Ring
inscription](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/r/ringinscription.html) to
the file `anonymous.pgm`:
```sh
./anonymous "ash nazg durhbatuluhk, ash nazg gimbatul, \
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waste a lot of time and space even when rendering moderately long
strings.
The code contains a vector font which was derived by toying with Harri
Pera:la:'s Tengwar Cursive font. Currently, only the glyphs used in the
Ring inscription are included in the font.
The code contains a vector font which was derived by toying with [Harri
Perälä](https://alboin.fi)'s [Tengwar Cursive
font](https://alboin.fi/tengwar.htm). Currently, only the glyphs used in the
[Ring inscription](https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/r/ringinscription.html) are
included in the font.
## Copyright and CC BY-SA 4.0 License:
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# name,winner_handle,url,email,country,mastodon/twitter
Anonymous,Anonymous_1984,null,null,null,null
Anonymous,Anonymous_2004,http://bicoherent.topcities.com/,null,null,null
Anonymous,Anonymous_2004,https://web.archive.org/web/20040324155828/http://bicoherent.topcities.com/,null,Singapore,null
Anonymous,Anonymous_2005,null,null,null,null
bsoup,bsoup,null,mail@bsoup.skr.jp,null,null
Aaron Grothe,Aaron_Grothe,null,ajgrothe@yahoo.com,US,null
1 # name,winner_handle,url,email,country,mastodon/twitter
2 Anonymous,Anonymous_1984,null,null,null,null
3 Anonymous,Anonymous_2004,http://bicoherent.topcities.com/,null,null,null Anonymous,Anonymous_2004,https://web.archive.org/web/20040324155828/http://bicoherent.topcities.com/,null,Singapore,null
4 Anonymous,Anonymous_2005,null,null,null,null
5 bsoup,bsoup,null,mail@bsoup.skr.jp,null,null
6 Aaron Grothe,Aaron_Grothe,null,ajgrothe@yahoo.com,US,null
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<LI TYPE=square>Dishonorable mention (<A HREF="years.html#1984_anonymous">1984 anonymous</A>)
</UL><BR>
<LI TYPE=none><A NAME="Anonymous_2004"></A><B>Anonymous</B> -- <A HREF="http://bicoherent.topcities.com/">http://bicoherent.topcities.com/</a>
<LI TYPE=none><A NAME="Anonymous_2004"></A><B>Anonymous</B> -- <A HREF="https://web.archive.org/web/20040324155828/http://bicoherent.topcities.com/">https://web.archive.org/web/20040324155828/http://bicoherent.topcities.com/</a>
<UL>
<LI TYPE=square>Best use of "Precious" Lines (<A HREF="years.html#2004_anonymous">2004 anonymous</A>)
</UL><BR>