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6 xtotroff - convert X font metrics into GNU troff font metrics
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9 xtotroff [-r resolution] [-s point-size] font-map
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11 xtotroff --help
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13 xtotroff -v
14 xtotroff --version
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17 xtotroff takes a font-map, which maps groff(1) fonts to X11 fonts, cre‐
18 ates GNU troff(1) metric files for all fonts listed. Each line in
19 font-map consists of a groff font name and an X font name as a X Logi‐
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22 TB -adobe-times-bold-r-normal--*-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
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24 The wildcards in the patterns are filled with the arguments to the -r
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30 --help Display a usage message and exit.
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32 -rresolution
33 Set the resolution for all font patterns in font-map. The value
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38 Set the point size for all font patterns in font-map. If not
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42 --version
43 Display version information and exit.
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46 The only supported font encodings are “iso8859-1” and “adobe-fontspe‐
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50 groff(1), gxditview(1), troff(1)
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