NAME
gftodvi - make proof sheets from generic font files
SYNOPSIS
gftodvi [ -overflow-label-offset=real ] [ -verbose ] [
gf_file_name ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The com-
plete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in
the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.
The gftodvi program converts a generic font (gf) file output
by, for example, mf(1), to a device independent (DVI) file
(that can then be typeset using the same software that has
already been written for TeX). The characters in the gf file
will appear one per page, with labels, titles, and annota-
tions as specified in Appendix H (Hardcopy Proofs) of The
Metafontbook.
gftodvi uses other fonts in addition to the main gf file. A
`gray' font is used to typeset the pixels that actually make
up the character. (We wouldn't want all the pixels to be
simply black, since then labels, key points, and other
information would be lost.) A `title' font is used for the
information at the top of the page. A `label' font is used
for the labels on key points of the figure. A `slant' font
is used to typeset diagonal lines, which otherwise have to
be simulated using horizontal and vertical rules. The
default gray, title, and label fonts are gray, cmr8, and
cmtt10, respectively; there is no default slant font.
To change the default fonts, you can give special commands
in your Metafont source file, or you can change the fonts
online. An online dialog ensues if you end the gf_file_name
with a `/'. For example,
gftodvi cmr10.300gf/
Special font substitution: grayfont black
OK; any more? grayfontarea /home/art/don/
OK; any more? slantfont /home/fonts/slantimagen6
OK; any more? <RET>
will use /home/art/don/black as the `gray' font and
/home/fonts/slantimagen6 as the `slant' font (this name
indicates a font for lines with slope 1/6 at the resolution
of an Imagen printer).
The gf_file_name on the command line must be complete. (The
program prompts you for it if you don't give it.) Because
the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make
sense to append a default extension as is done with TeX or
DVI-reading software. The output file name defaults to the
same root as the gf file, with the dvi extension added. For
example, the input file cmr10.2602gf would become cmr10.dvi.
OPTIONS
The argument to -overflow-label-offset specifies the dis-
tance from the right edge of the character bounding box at
which the overflow equations (if any) are typeset. The
value is given in TeX points. The default is a little over
two inches.
Without the -verbose option, gftodvi operates silently.
With it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout.
ENVIRONMENT
gftodvi looks for gf_file_name using the environment vari-
able GFFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the variable TEX-
FONTS. If that is not set, it uses the system default.
See tex(1) for the details of the searching.
FILES
{gray.tfm,...}
The default fonts.
{gray.mf,...}
The Metafont sources.
SEE ALSO
tex(1), mf(1).
Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook (Volume C of Computers and
Typesetting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.
AUTHORS
Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part
of the Metafontware technical report, available from the TeX
Users Group. Paul Richards ported it to Unix.
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