1OVF2OVP(1)                  General Commands Manual                 OVF2OVP(1)
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NAME

6       ovf2ovp  -  convert  virtual  font  file and associated font metrics to
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SYNOPSIS

10       ovf2ovp [options] ovfname[.ovf] [ofmname[.ofm] [ovpfile[.ovp]]]
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DESCRIPTION

13       ovf2ovp translates a virtual font (OVF) file, ovfname, and its  compan‐
14       ion  font  metric  (OFM) file, ofmname, into a human-readable property-
15       list format.  The program writes to standard output (by default) or  to
16       a file specified as ovpname.
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18       The  program  also  works  with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VPL
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OPTIONS

22       (Same as ofm2opl).
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24       -charcode-format=type
25              output character codes according to type, either `hex',  `octal'
26              or  `ascii'.   Default  is  `hex'; `ascii' says to use ASCII for
27              letters and digits, hex for all else.
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29       -char-format=stype
30              output character codes  according  to  stype,  either  `num'  or
31              `ascii'.  Default  is  `num';  `ascii'  as  in -charcode-format.
32              (These two redundant options both exist only for historical com‐
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36              output  numbers according to ntype, either `hex' or `octal'; de‐
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39       -text-format=ttype
40              output coding scheme  and  family  according  to  ttype,  either
41              `mixed' or `upper' case; default is mixed.
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43       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options
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45       -verbose
46              display progress reports
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48       -version
49              output version information and exit
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FILES

52       ovpfile
53              Omega Virtual Property List file
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56              Omega Font Metric file
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59              Omega Virtual Font file
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BUGS

62       Send  bug  reports  to <http://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (mailing list); may
63       also check if the same bug is present in vftovp(1).  General discussion
64       of Omega (and Aleph) can take place on the <http://lists.tug.org/omega>
65       mailing list.
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SEE ALSO

68       omega(1),  aleph(1),  ofm2opl(1),  ovp2ovf(1),  pltotf(1),   tftopl(1),
69       vftovp(1), vptovf(1)
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AUTHOR

72       According to the WEB documentation:
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74              VFtoVP  is  an  extended version of the program TFtoPL, which is
75              part of the standard TeXware library.  The  idea  of  a  virtual
76              font  was  inspired by the work of David R. Fuchs who designed a
77              similar set of conventions in 1984  while  developing  a  device
78              driver  for ArborText, Inc.  He wrote a somewhat similar program
79              called AMFtoXPL.
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81       Thus, ovf2ovp is based on the WEB source code for  vftovp(1),  although
82       nowadays it is a link to omfonts, implemented entirely in C.
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84       The  primary  authors  of Omega are John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
85       Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.
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87       This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <cmc@debian.org>, for the
88       Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used by other distributions without
89       contacting the author.  Any mistakes or omissions in  the  manual  page
90       are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should
91       be directed to me (and not to the primary author).
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