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6 ofm2opl - convert Omega and TeX font-metric files to property-list
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10 ofm2opl [options] ofmname[.ofm] [oplfile[.opl]]
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13 ofm2opl translates a binary Omega Font Metrics file, ofmname, into a
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17 The program also works with TeX TFM files, producing TeX PL files.
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20 (Same as ovf2ovp).
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22 -charcode-format=type
23 output character codes according to type, either `hex', `octal'
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28 output character codes according to stype, either `num' or
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41 -help display a brief summary of syntax and options
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46 -version
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57 Email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (mailing list); good
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60 General discussion of Omega (and Aleph) can take place on the
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64 omega(1), aleph(1), opl2ofm(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1).
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69 The first TFtoPL program was designed by Leo Guibas in the sum‐
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74 Extensions for an enhanced ligature mechanism were added by D.E.
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81 ofm2opl is based on the WEB source code for tftopl(1), although nowa‐
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84 The primary authors of Omega were 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 for the Debian GNU/Linux
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