


VPTOVF(1)                                               VPTOVF(1)


NNAAMMEE
       vptovf  -  convert  virtual property lists to virtual font
       metrics

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       vvppttoovvff   [   --vveerrbboossee   ]   _v_p_l___n_a_m_e_[_._v_p_l_]   _v_f_m___n_a_m_e_[_._v_f_]
       _t_f_m___n_a_m_e_[_._t_f_m_]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       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 _W_e_b_2_C_: _A _T_e_X _i_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n.

       The  vvppttoovvff program translates a (human-oriented) property
       list file to a pair of (program-oriented) files in the  VF
       (virtual  font) and TFM (TeX 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 TeX into an  arbitrary  sequence  of
       low-level  typesetting  operations, can also be created in
       this way.

       All three filenames, _v_p_l___n_a_m_e_, _v_f___n_a_m_e_, and _t_f_m___n_a_m_e_,  are
       extended with the appropriate suffix, if they lack one.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       Without  the  --vveerrbboossee  option,  vvppttoovvff operates silently.
       With it, a banner and progress report are printed on  _s_t_d_-
       _o_u_t.

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       ppllttoottff(1), ttffttooppll(1), vvffttoovvpp(1).

AAUUTTHHOORRSS
       Donald  E.  Knuth  wrote  the program, based in part on an
       idea of David Fuchs, starting with the code for ppllttoottff(1).
       Karl Berry adapted it for compilation with wweebb22cc.




















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