1 .TH OPL2OFM "16 June 2015" "Web2C @VERSION@"
4 opl2ofm \- convert Omega and TeX property-list files to font-metric files
10 .IR OPLFILE [ \fB.opl\fP ]
11 .RI [ OFMFILE [ \fB.ofm\fP ]]
15 \fBopl2ofm\fP translates a property-list format file, \fIOPLFILE\fP,
16 into the binary Omega Font Metric format\&. The program writes to
17 standard output (by default) or to a file specified as
20 The program also works with TeX PL files, producing TeX TFM files\&.
21 (\fBopl2ofm\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBpltotf\fP(1)\&.)
27 display a brief summary of syntax and options
29 display progress reports
31 output version information and exit
36 None known, but report any found to <omega@ens\&.fr> (mailing list)\&. You should also
37 check to see if the bug is present in \fBpltotf\fP(1)\&.
41 \fBomega\fP(1), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBpltotf\fP(1),
44 \fIDraft Manual for the Omega System\fP (\fIomega-manual\&.dvi\fP)\&.
46 Web page: <http://www\&.gutenberg\&.eu\&.org/omega/>
50 According to the WEB documentation:
53 The first \fBPLtoTF\fP program was designed by Leo Guibas in the
54 summer of 1978\&. Contributions by Frank Liang, Doug Wyatt, and Lyle
55 Ramshaw also had a significant effect on the evolution of the present
58 Extensions for an enhanced ligature mechanism were added by D\&.E\&. Knuth
61 Extensions to handle extended font metric files (``OFM\&'\&') were added
62 by John Plaice in December 1995 and January 1996, resulting in the new
63 program \fBOPL2OFM\fP\&.
66 The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice
67 <plaice@cse\&.unsw\&.edu\&.au> and Yannis Haralambous
68 <yannis@fluxus-virus\&.com>\&.
70 This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly
71 <cmc@debian\&.org>, for
72 the Debian GNU/Linux system\&. It may be used by other distributions
73 without contacting the author\&. Any mistakes or omissions in the
74 manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this
75 manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author)\&.