1VFTOVP(1) General Commands Manual VFTOVP(1)
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6 vftovp - convert virtual font (vf) files to virtual property lists
7 (vpl)
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10 vftovp [OPTIONS] vf_name[.vf] [tfm_name[.tfm] [vpl_name[.vpl]]]
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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.
16 The vftovp program translates a (program-oriented) virtual font file
18 and its accompanying TeX font metric file to a (human-oriented) prop‐
19 erty list file. Thus, the virtual font can be edited, and its exact
20 contents can be displayed mnemonically. It also serves as a VF-file
21 validating program; if no error messages are given, the input files are
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23 The filenames are extended with the appropriate extension if necessary.
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27 -charcode-format=format
28 The argument format specifies how character codes are output in
29 the VPL file. By default, only letters and digits are output
30 using the C integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output
31 in octal. (Unless the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math
32 sy or TeX math ex, when all are output in octal.) If format is
33 ascii, all character codes that correspond to graphic charac‐
34 ters, besides the left and right parentheses, are output in
35 ASCII. On the other hand, if format is octal, all character
36 codes are output in octal.
37 -verbose
39 Without this option, vftovp operates silently. With it, a ban‐
40 ner and progress report are printed on stdout.
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43 vftovp looks for vf_name using the environment variable VFFONTS. If
44 that is not set, it uses the variable TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it
45 uses the system default.
46 See tex(1) for the details of the searching.
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50 pltotf(1), tftopl(1), vptovf(1).
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53 Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David
54 Fuchs, starting with the code for tftopl(1). Karl Berry adapted it for
55 compilation with web2c.
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