1TFTOPL(1)                   General Commands Manual                  TFTOPL(1)
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NAME

6       tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property lists
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SYNOPSIS

9       tftopl  [  -charcode-format=format  ]  [  -verbose  ]  tfm_name[.tfm] [
10       pl_name[.pl] ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete  documen‐
14       tation  for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
15       Web2C: A TeX implementation.
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17       The tftopl program translates a (program-oriented) font metric file  to
18       a (human-oriented) property list file.  Thus, you can edit the contents
19       of the TFM files, if the font designer has not  done  his  or  her  job
20       properly,  or if you're encountering strange difficulties, or if you're
21       just curious.  It also serves as a TFM-file validating  program,  i.e.,
22       if no error messages are given, the input file is correct.
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24       The  pl_name  is extended with .pl if it lacks a suffix.  If pl_name is
25       not given, standard output is used. Likewise, tfm_name is extended with
26       .tfm  if  it lacks a suffix.  Also, path searching is done for the .tfm
27       file using the environment variable TEXFONTS.   If  that  is  not  set,
28       tftopl uses the system default.
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OPTIONS

33       The  argument  format to -charcode-format specifies how character codes
34       are output in the PL file.  By default, only  letters  and  digits  are
35       output using the C integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output
36       in octal.  (Unless the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math sy  or
37       TeX  math  ex,  in which case all character codes are output in octal.)
38       If format is ascii, all character  codes  that  correspond  to  graphic
39       characters,  besides  the  left  and  right  parentheses, are output in
40       ASCII.  Finally, if format is octal, all character codes are output  in
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43       Without the -verbose option, tftopl operates silently.  With it, a ban‐
44       ner and progress report are printed on stdout.
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SEE ALSO

47       pltotf(1),
48       Donald E. Knuth, TeX for nroffware.
49       Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook (Volume C of Computers  and  Typeset‐
50       ting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
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AUTHORS

53       Donald  E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part of the TeX
54       for nroffware technical report, available from  the  TeX  Users  Group.
55       Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally ported it to Unix.
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