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gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files
gftopk [ -v ] gf_file_name [ pk_file_name ]
This
manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation
for this version of can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A
TeX implementation.
The gftopk program converts a generic font file output
by, for example, mf(1)
, to a packed font file for use by DVI-reading programs.
Packed font files (pk files) are much smaller than the corresponding gf
files, so they are generally the font format of choice.
The gf_file_name
on the command line must be complete. Because the resolution is part of
the extension, it would not make sense to append a default extension as
is done with or DVI-reading software. The pk_file_name defaults to the
same (stripped) name as gf_file_name, and it is placed in the current
working directory with the pk suffix replacing gf. For example, the input
file cmr10.300gf would become cmr10.300pk.
Unless the -v switch
is given, gftopk operates silently. With -v, the version number of the
program and statistics about the packing are output to stdout.
gftopk looks for gf_file_name first in the current directory. If it is
not present there, it uses the environment variable GFFONTS. If that is
not set, it uses the variable TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the
system default.
See tex(1)
for the details of the searching.
gftype(1)
, pktogf(1)
, pktype(1)
.
Donald E. Knuth et al., ware.
Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It
was published as part of the ware technical report, available from the
Users Group. Paul Richards originally ported it to Unix.
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