


MFT(1)                                                     MFT(1)


NNAAMMEE
       mft - translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprint-
       ing

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       mmfftt _m_f___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e_[_._m_f_] [ [ --cc ] or [  _c_h_a_n_g_e___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e_[_._c_h_]
       ] ] [ [ --ss ] or [ _s_t_y_l_e___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e_[_._m_f_t_] ] ]

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  mmfftt  program  creates a TeX file from a Metafont pro-
       gram.  It takes appropriate care  of  typographic  details
       like  page  layout  and  the  use of indentation, italics,
       boldface, etc., as illustrated in the book _C_o_m_p_u_t_e_r _M_o_d_e_r_n
       _T_y_p_e_f_a_c_e_s.  Special conventions in Metafont comments allow
       you to control things that would not  otherwise  come  out
       right;  section  1  of the MFT source program in the _M_e_t_a_-
       _f_o_n_t_w_a_r_e report explains these rules.

       The command line  has  one  required  file  name  and  two
       optional  file  names.   The  required  one  is a Metafont
       source file; there is also an optional change file  (which
       works  just  as the change files to ttaannggllee(1) and wweeaavvee(1)
       do) and an optional style  file  (which  is  prepended  to
       everything).

       A  file name that doesn't contain a dot is always given an
       extension, either _._m_f (Metafont) or _._c_h (change)  or  _._m_f_t
       (style).  If  no  style  file is specified, the style file
       _p_l_a_i_n_._m_f_t is automatically used. The  _c_h_a_n_g_e___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e  is
       not searched for using any paths. The _._m_f file is searched
       for using the MFINPUTS environment variable  if  you  have
       set  it,  or  else  the system default.  The style file is
       searched for using  the  TEXINPUTS  environment  variable.
       See tteexx(1) for the details of the searching.

       The  output TeX file name is formed by using _._t_e_x in place
       of the extension of _m_f___f_i_l_e___n_a_m_e.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       Specify command-line options --cc to suppress the reading of
       a  change  file, and --ss to suppress the reading of a style
       file.

FFIILLEESS
       _m_f_t_m_a_c_._t_e_x
              TeX macros used by mmfftt output.

       _p_l_a_i_n_._m_f_t
              Default style file.




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MFT(1)                                                     MFT(1)


       _c_m_b_a_s_e_._m_f_t
              Style file for Computer Modern.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       mmff(1), wweeaavvee(1).
       Donald E. Knuth, _C_o_m_p_u_t_e_r _M_o_d_e_r_n _T_y_p_e_f_a_c_e_s  (Volume  E  of
       _C_o_m_p_u_t_e_r_s  _a_n_d  _T_y_p_e_s_e_t_t_i_n_g),  Addison-Wesley,  1986, ISBN
       0-201-13446-2.
       Donald E. Knuth et al., _M_e_t_a_f_o_n_t_w_a_r_e.

AAUUTTHHOORRSS
       Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, and  he  ported  it  to
       Unix  with  the help of Pierre MacKay and the Unix port of
       wweeaavvee by Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis.  The program  is
       published  in the _M_e_t_a_f_o_n_t_w_a_r_e technical report, available
       from the TeX Users Group.









































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