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vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual font
metrics
vptovf [ -verbose ] vpl_name[.vpl] vfm_name[.vf] tfm_name[.tfm]
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 vptovf program translates a (human-oriented)
property list file to a pair of (program-oriented) files in the VF (virtual
font) and TFM ( font metric) formats. Thus, a virtual font file can be
edited and its exact contents can be displayed mnemonically. New virtual
fonts, which map characters as seen by into an arbitrary sequence of
low-level typesetting operations, can also be created in this way.
All three
filenames, vpl_name, vf_name, and tfm_name, are extended with the appropriate
suffix, if they lack one.
Without the -verbose option, vptovf
operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on
stdout.
pltotf(1)
, tftopl(1)
, vftovp(1)
.
Donald E. Knuth
wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David Fuchs, starting with
the code for pltotf(1)
. Karl Berry adapted it for compilation with web2c.
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