1PKTYPE(1) General Commands Manual PKTYPE(1)
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6 pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text
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9 pktype pk_file[pk]
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12 This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documenā
13 tation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
14 Web2C: A TeX implementation.
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16 The pktype program translates a packed font file (pk) (output by, for
17 example, gftopk(1) to a file that humans can read. It also serves as a
18 pk file-validating program (i.e., if pktype can read it, it's correct)
19 and as an example of a pk-reading program for other software that wants
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22 The input pk_file on the command line may omit the suffix `pk. The
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25 The output file gives a compact encoding of the packed encoding, using
26 conventions described in the source code. Run lengths of black pixels
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31 pktype looks for pk_file in the usual places according to Kpathsea.
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37 Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.
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40 Tomas Rokicki wrote the program, Donald E. Knuth originally ported it
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46Web2C 2019 16 June 2015 PKTYPE(1)