1PLTOTF(1)                   General Commands Manual                  PLTOTF(1)
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NAME

6       pltotf - convert property list files to TeX font metric (tfm) format
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SYNOPSIS

9       pltotf [-verbose] pl_file_name[.pl] [tfm_file_name[.tfm]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documen‐
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  pltotf program translates a (human-oriented) property list file to
17       a (program-oriented) TeX font metric  file.  Thus,  after  editing  the
18       property list file, a TFM file can be generated for use with, for exam‐
19       ple, tex(1).
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21       The pl_file_name is extended with .pl if it lacks  a  suffix.  No  path
22       searching is done.
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24       If  no tfm_file_name is given, the basename of pl_file_name with suffix
25       .tfm is used; otherwise tfm_file_name is extended with .tfm if it lacks
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OPTIONS

29       Without the -verbose option, pltotf operates silently.  With it, a ban‐
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SEE ALSO

33       tftopl(1).
34       Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.
35       Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook, (Volume C of Computers and  Typeset‐
36       ting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
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AUTHORS

39       Donald  E.  Knuth  wrote  the  program. It was published as part of the
40       TeXware technical report, available from the TeX Users  Group.   Howard
41       Trickey, Pavel Curtis, and Richard Furuta originally ported it to Unix.
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