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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35       -num-format=ntype
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       Email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (mailing list); good
63       to check if the same bug is present in vftovp(1).
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65       General  discussion  of  Omega  (and  Aleph)  can  take  place  on  the
66       <http://lists.tug.org/omega> mailing list.
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SEE ALSO

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

73       According to the WEB documentation:
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75              VFtoVP is an extended version of the program  TFtoPL,  which  is
76              part  of  the  standard  TeXware library.  The idea of a virtual
77              font was inspired by the work of David R. Fuchs who  designed  a
78              similar  set  of  conventions  in 1984 while developing a device
79              driver for ArborText, Inc.  He wrote a somewhat similar  program
80              called AMFtoXPL.
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82       Thus,  ovf2ovp  is based on the WEB source code for vftovp(1), although
83       nowadays it is a link to omfonts, implemented entirely in C.
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85       The primary authors of Omega were John Plaice and  Yannis  Haralambous.
86       Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.
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88       This  manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux
89       system. It is also now maintained as part of TeX Live.
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