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6 ovf2ovp - convert virtual font file and associated font metrics to
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10 ovf2ovp [options] ovfname[.ovf] [ofmname[.ofm] [ovpfile[.ovp]]]
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13 ovf2ovp translates a virtual font (OVF) file, ovfname, and its compan‐
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15 list format. The program writes to standard output (by default) or to
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18 The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VPL
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22 (Same as ofm2opl).
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24 -charcode-format=type
25 output character codes according to type, either `hex', `octal'
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30 output character codes according to stype, either `num' or
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36 output numbers according to ntype, either `hex' or `octal'; de‐
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40 output coding scheme and family according to ttype, either
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43 -help display a brief summary of syntax and options
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48 -version
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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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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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69 omega(1), aleph(1), ofm2opl(1), ovp2ovf(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1),
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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
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82 Thus, ovf2ovp is based on the WEB source code for vftovp(1), although
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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
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