1 .TH PKTYPE 1 "16 June 2015" "Web2C @VERSION@"
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5 .if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP
7 .ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP
9 .\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX
10 .if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX
12 .\" LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX
13 .if t .ds LX \fRL\\h'-0.36m'\\v'-0.15v'\s-2A\s0\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.15v'\fP\*(TX
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17 pktype \- verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text
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23 This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
24 documentation for this version of \*(TX can be found in the info file
26 .IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
30 program translates a packed font file
32 (output by, for example,
34 to a file that humans can read. It also serves as a
36 file-validating program (i.e., if
38 can read it, it's correct) and as an example of a
40 program for other software that wants to read
46 on the command line may omit the suffix `pk.
47 The plain text translation is always written to standard output.
49 The output file gives a compact encoding of the packed encoding, using
50 conventions described in the source code. Run lengths of black pixels
51 alternate with parenthesized run lengths of white pixels, and brackets
52 are used to indicate when a row should be repeated.
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58 in the usual places according to Kpathsea.
62 for the details of the searching.
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69 Donald E. Knuth et al.,
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73 Tomas Rokicki wrote the program,
74 Donald E. Knuth originally ported it to Unix,
75 Pierre MacKay originally adapted it for compilation with Web2c.