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2 !!!GFTOPK
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 SEE ALSO
9 AUTHORS
10 ----
11 !!NAME
12
13
14 gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files
15 !!SYNOPSIS
16
17
18 __gftopk__ [[ __-v__ ] ''gf_file_name'' [[
19 ''pk_file_name'' ]
20 !!DESCRIPTION
21
22
23 This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
24 documentation for this version of TEX can be found in the
25 info file or manual ''Web2C: A TeX
26 implementation''.
27
28
29 The __gftopk__ program converts a generic font file
30 output by, for example, mf(1), to a packed font file
31 for use by DVI-reading programs. Packed font files
32 (''pk'' files) are much smaller than the corresponding
33 ''gf'' files, so they are generally the font format of
34 choice.
35
36
37 The ''gf_file_name'' on the command line must be
38 complete. Because the resolution is part of the extension,
39 it would not make sense to append a default extension as is
40 done with TEX or DVI-reading software. The
41 ''pk_file_name'' defaults to the same (stripped) name as
42 ''gf_file_name'', and it is placed in the current working
43 directory with the ''pk'' suffix replacing ''gf''. For
44 example, the input file ''cmr10.300gf'' would become
45 ''cmr10.300pk''.
46 !!OPTIONS
47
48
49 Unless the __-v__ switch is given, __gftopk__ operates
50 silently. With __-v__, the version number of the program
51 and statistics about the packing are output to
52 ''stdout''.
53 !!ENVIRONMENT
54
55
56 __gftopk__ looks for ''gf_file_name'' first in the
57 current directory. If it is not present there, it uses the
58 environment variable GFFONTS. If that is not set, it uses
59 the variable TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the
60 system default.
61
62
63 See tex(1) for the details of the
64 searching.
65 !!SEE ALSO
66
67
68 gftype(1), pktogf(1), pktype(1).
69 Donald E. Knuth et al., ''M ETAFONT
70 ware''.
71 !!AUTHORS
72
73
74 Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as part of
75 the ''M ETAFONT ware'' technical report,
76 available from the TEX Users Group. Paul Richards originally
77 ported it to Unix.
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