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NAME

6       tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property lists
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SYNOPSIS

9       tftopl [OPTIONS] tfm_name[.tfm] [pl_name[.pl]]
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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  tftopl program translates a (program-oriented) font metric file to
17       a (human-oriented) property list file.  Thus, you can edit the contents
18       of  the  TFM  files,  if  the font designer has not done his or her job
19       properly, or if you're encountering strange difficulties, or if  you're
20       just  curious.   It also serves as a TFM-file validating program, i.e.,
21       if no error messages are given, the input file is correct.
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23       The pl_name is extended with .pl if it lacks a suffix.  If  pl_name  is
24       not given, standard output is used. Likewise, tfm_name is extended with
25       .tfm if it lacks a suffix.  Also, path searching is done  for  the  TFM
26       file  using  the  environment  variable  TEXFONTS.  If that is not set,
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OPTIONS

32       -charcode-format=format
33              The argument format specifies how character codes are output  in
34              the PL file.  By default, only letters and digits are output us‐
35              ing the C integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others  are  output
36              in octal.  (Unless the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math
37              sy or TeX math ex, in which case all character codes are  output
38              in  octal.)  If format is ascii, all character codes that corre‐
39              spond to graphic characters, besides the left and  right  paren‐
40              theses,  are  output in ASCII.  Finally, if format is octal, all
41              character codes are output in octal.
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43       -verbose
44              Without this option, tftopl operates silently.  With it, a  ban‐
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SEE ALSO

48       pltotf(1),
49       Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.
50       Donald  E.  Knuth, The Metafontbook (Volume C of Computers and Typeset‐
51       ting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
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AUTHORS

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