


TFTOPL(1)                                               TFTOPL(1)


NNAAMMEE
       tftopl  -  convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property
       lists

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ttffttooppll  [   --cchhaarrccooddee--ffoorrmmaatt_=_f_o_r_m_a_t   ]   [   --vveerrbboossee   ]
       _t_f_m___n_a_m_e_[_._t_f_m_] [ _p_l___n_a_m_e_[_._p_l_] ]

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  ttffttooppll  program  translates a (program-oriented) font
       metric file to  a  (human-oriented)  property  list  file.
       Thus,  you  can edit the contents of the TFM files, if the
       font designer has not done his or her job properly, or  if
       you're  encountering  strange  difficulties,  or if you're
       just curious.  It also serves  as  a  TFM-file  validating
       program,  i.e.,  if no error messages are given, the input
       file is correct.

       The _p_l___n_a_m_e is extended with _._p_l if it lacks a suffix.  If
       _p_l___n_a_m_e  is  not given, standard output is used. Likewise,
       _t_f_m___n_a_m_e is extended with  _._t_f_m  if  it  lacks  a  suffix.
       Also,  path  searching is done for the _._t_f_m file using the
       environment variable TEXFONTS.  If that is not set, ttffttooppll
       uses the system default.

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

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       The  argument  _f_o_r_m_a_t  to  --cchhaarrccooddee--ffoorrmmaatt  specifies how
       character codes are output in the PL  file.   By  default,
       only  letters  and  digits  are output using the CC integer
       code (i.e., in ASCII); the others  are  output  in  octal.
       (Unless  the  font's coding scheme starts with TTeeXX mmaatthh ssyy
       or TTeeXX mmaatthh eexx, in which case all character codes are out-
       put  in  octal.)   If _f_o_r_m_a_t is aasscciiii, all character codes
       that correspond to graphic characters,  besides  the  left
       and  right  parentheses, are output in ASCII.  Finally, if
       _f_o_r_m_a_t is ooccttaall, all character codes are output in  octal.

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

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       ppllttoottff(1),
       Donald E. Knuth, _T_e_X_w_a_r_e.
       Donald  E.  Knuth, _T_h_e _M_e_t_a_f_o_n_t_b_o_o_k (Volume C 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
       0-201-13445-4.




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TFTOPL(1)                                               TFTOPL(1)


AAUUTTHHOORRSS
       Donald  E.  Knuth  wrote  the program. It was published as
       part of the _T_e_X_w_a_r_e technical report, available  from  the
       TeX  Users  Group.  Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis origi-
       nally ported it to Unix.




















































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