1ADDFTINFO(1) General Commands Manual ADDFTINFO(1)
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6 addftinfo - add information to troff font files for use with groff
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9 addftinfo [-asc-height n] [-body-depth n] [-body-height n]
10 [-cap-height n] [-comma-depth n] [-desc-depth n]
11 [-fig-height n] [-x-height n] res unitwidth font
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13 addftinfo --help
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15 addftinfo -v
16 addftinfo --version
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19 addftinfo reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric
20 information that is used by the groff system. The font file with the
21 information added is written on the standard output. The information
22 added is guessed using some parametric information about the font and
23 assumptions about the traditional troff names for characters. The main
24 information added is the heights and depths of characters. The res and
25 unitwidth arguments should be the same as the corresponding parameters
26 in the DESC file; font is the name of the file describing the font; if
27 font ends with I the font will be assumed to be italic.
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77groff 1.22.4 3 November 2020 ADDFTINFO(1)