


GFTOPK(1)                                               GFTOPK(1)


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       gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files

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       ggffttooppkk [ --vv ] _g_f___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e [ _p_k___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e ]

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       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 ggffttooppkk program converts a generic font file output by,
       for example, mmff(1), to a packed font file for use by  DVI-
       reading  programs.  Packed  font files (_p_k files) are much
       smaller than the corresponding _g_f files, so they are  gen-
       erally the font format of choice.

       The  _g_f___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e  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  TeX  or  DVI-reading  software.   The   _p_k___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e
       defaults  to the same (stripped) name as _g_f___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e, and
       it is placed in the current working directory with the  _p_k
       suffix   replacing   _g_f.   For  example,  the  input  file
       _c_m_r_1_0_._3_0_0_g_f would become _c_m_r_1_0_._3_0_0_p_k.

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       Unless the --vv switch is given, ggffttooppkk  operates  silently.
       With  --vv, the version number of the program and statistics
       about the packing are output to _s_t_d_o_u_t.

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       ggffttooppkk looks for _g_f___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e first in the current  direc-
       tory.  If it is not present there, it uses the environment
       variable GFFONTS.  If that is not set, it uses  the  vari-
       able  TEXFONTS.   If  that  is not set, it uses the system
       default.

       See tteexx(1) for the details of the searching.

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       ggffttyyppee(1), ppkkttooggff(1), ppkkttyyppee(1).
       Donald E. Knuth et al., _M_e_t_a_f_o_n_t_w_a_r_e.

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       Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as  part
       of  the  _M_e_t_a_f_o_n_t_w_a_r_e technical report, available from the
       TeX Users Group.  Paul Richards originally  ported  it  to
       Unix.








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