1 .TH TFTOPL 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 tftopl \- convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property lists
21 .IR tfm_name [ \fB.tfm\fP ]
22 .RI [ pl_name [ \fB.pl\fP ]]
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25 This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
26 documentation for this version of \*(TX can be found in the info file
28 .IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
32 program translates a (program-oriented) font metric file to a
33 (human-oriented) property list file. Thus, you can edit the contents of
34 the TFM files, if the font designer has not done his or her job
35 properly, or if you're encountering strange difficulties, or if you're
36 just curious. It also serves as a TFM-file validating program, i.e., if
37 no error messages are given, the input file is correct.
46 is not given, standard output is used. Likewise,
50 if it lacks a suffix. Also, path searching is done for the TFM file
51 using the environment variable TEXFONTS. If that is not set,
53 uses the system default.
57 for the details of the searching.
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61 .BI \-charcode-format= format
64 specifies how character codes are output in the PL file. By
65 default, only letters and digits are output using the
67 integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output in octal. (Unless
68 the font's coding scheme starts with
72 in which case all character codes are output in octal.) If
76 all character codes that correspond to graphic characters, besides the
77 left and right parentheses, are output in ASCII. Finally, if
81 all character codes are output in octal.
87 operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on
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99 .IR "Computers and Typesetting" ),
100 Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
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103 Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as
106 technical report, available from the \*(TX Users Group.
107 Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally ported it to Unix.