NAME
tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property
lists
SYNOPSIS
tftopl [ -charcode-format=format ] [ -verbose ]
tfm_name[.tfm] [ pl_name[.pl] ]
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 tftopl program translates a (program-oriented) font
metric file to a (human-oriented) property list file. Thus,
you can edit the contents of the TFM files, if the font
designer has not done his or her job properly, or if you're
encountering strange difficulties, or if you're just curi-
ous. It also serves as a TFM-file validating program, i.e.,
if no error messages are given, the input file is correct.
The pl_name is extended with .pl if it lacks a suffix. If
pl_name is not given, standard output is used. Likewise,
tfm_name is extended with .tfm if it lacks a suffix. Also,
path searching is done for the .tfm file using the environ-
ment variable TEXFONTS. If that is not set, tftopl uses the
system default.
See tex(1) for the details of the searching.
OPTIONS
The argument format to -charcode-format specifies how char-
acter codes are output in the PL file. By default, only
letters and digits are output using the C integer code
(i.e., in ASCII); the others are output in octal. (Unless
the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math sy or TeX math
ex, in which case all character codes are output in octal.)
If format is ascii, all character codes that correspond to
graphic characters, besides the left and right parentheses,
are output in ASCII. Finally, if format is octal, all char-
acter codes are output in octal.
Without the -verbose option, tftopl operates silently. With
it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout.
SEE ALSO
pltotf(1),
Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.
Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook (Volume C of Computers and
Typesetting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
AUTHORS
Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part
of the TeXware technical report, available from the TeX
Users Group. Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally
ported it to Unix.
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