1T1ASM(1)                    General Commands Manual                   T1ASM(1)
2
3
4

NAME

6       t1asm - assemble PostScript Type 1 font
7

SYNOPSIS

9       t1asm [-a|-b] [-l length] [input [output]]
10

DESCRIPTION

12       t1asm  assembles  Adobe Type 1 font programs into either PFA (hexadeci‐
13       mal) or PFB (binary) formats from a human-readable form.  If  the  file
14       output is not specified output goes to the standard output. If the file
15       input is not specified input comes from the standard input.
16
17       t1asm tokenizes the charstring data and performs eexec  and  charstring
18       encryption  as  specified in the ``black book,'' Adobe Type 1 Font For‐
19       mat.
20
21       The input must have a line of the form
22              /-|{string currentfile exch readstring pop}executeonly def
23       which defines the  command,  in  this  case  `-|',  that  is  to  start
24       charstring  data.  It is an error not to define such a command. Another
25       common name for this command is `RD'.
26
27       After the start of the Subrs array in the input, all  open  braces  `{'
28       not in a comment begin a charstring. Such a charstring is terminated by
29       the next non-comment close brace `}'. Within such  a  charstring,  only
30       comments,  integers,  and  valid charstring commands are allowed. Valid
31       charstring command names can be found in Adobe Type 1 Font  Format  and
32       other  documents describing the newer Type 2 opcodes. The format within
33       a charstring is unimportant as long as integers and commands are  sepa‐
34       rated  by  at  least  a one whitespace (space, tab, newline) character.
35       Note that within charstrings, comments are discarded because they  can‐
36       not be encoded.
37

OPTIONS

39       --pfa, -a
40            Output in PFA (ASCII) format.
41
42       --pfb, -b
43            Output in PFB (binary) format. This is the default.
44
45       --block-length=num, -l num
46            PFB only: Set the maximum output block length to num.  The default
47            length is as large as memory allows.
48
49       --line-length=num, -l num
50            PFA only: Set the maximum length of encrypted lines in the  output
51            to  num.   (These  are  the lines consisting wholly of hexadecimal
52            digits.) The default is 64.
53

EXAMPLES

55       % t1asm Utopia-Regular.raw > Utopia-Regular.pfb
56       % t1asm -a Utopia-Regular.raw > Utopia-Regular.pfa
57

SEE ALSO

59       t1disasm(1), t1ascii(1), t1binary(1), t1unmac(1), t1mac(1)
60
61       Adobe Type 1 Font Format is available free from Adobe as  a  PDF  file.
62       http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/T1_SPEC.PDF
63
64       The  Type 2 Charstring Format, also available from Adobe as a PDF file,
65       describes the newer Type 2 operators, which are also used in some  mul‐
66       tiple-master  Type  1 fonts like Adobe Jenson and Kepler.  http://part‐
67       ners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/5177.Type2.pdf
68

AUTHORS

70       Lee Hetherington (ilh@lcs.mit.edu)
71       Eddie Kohler (ekohler@gmail.com)
72
73
74
75Version 1.39                                                          T1ASM(1)
Impressum