1OVF2OVP(1) General Commands Manual OVF2OVP(1)
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6 ovf2ovp - convert virtual font file and associated font metrics to
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10 ovf2ovp [options] ovfname[.ovf] [ofmname[.ofm] [ovpfile[.ovp]]]
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13 ovf2ovp translates a virtual font (OVF) file, ovfname, and its compan‐
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15 list format. The program writes to standard output (by default) or to
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18 The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VPL
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22 (Same as ofm2opl).
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24 -charcode-format=type
25 output character codes according to type, either `hex', `octal'
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30 output character codes according to stype, either `num' or
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43 -help display a brief summary of syntax and options
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48 -version
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53 Omega Virtual Property List file
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56 Omega Font Metric file
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59 Omega Virtual Font file
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62 Send bug reports to <http://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (mailing list); may
63 also check if the same bug is present in vftovp(1). General discussion
64 of Omega (and Aleph) can take place on the <http://lists.tug.org/omega>
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68 omega(1), aleph(1), ofm2opl(1), ovp2ovf(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1),
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74 VFtoVP is an extended version of the program TFtoPL, which is
75 part of the standard TeXware library. The idea of a virtual
76 font was inspired by the work of David R. Fuchs who designed a
77 similar set of conventions in 1984 while developing a device
78 driver for ArborText, Inc. He wrote a somewhat similar program
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81 Thus, ovf2ovp is based on the WEB source code for vftovp(1), although
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84 The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
85 Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.
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87 This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <cmc@debian.org>, for the
88 Debian GNU/Linux system. It may be used by other distributions without
89 contacting the author. Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page
90 are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should
91 be directed to me (and not to the primary author).
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