opl2ofm(m)                    Omega                    opl2ofm(m)



NAME
       opl2ofm  -  convert  Omega  and TeX property-list files to
       font-metric files


SYNOPSIS
       opl2ofm [ OPTION... ] OPLFILE[.opl] [ OFMFILE[.ofm] ]


DESCRIPTION
       opl2ofm translates a property-list format  file,  OPLFILE,
       into  the  binary  Omega  Font Metric format.  The program
       writes to standard output (by default) or to a file speci-
       fied as OFMFILE.

       The  program  also  works with TeX PL files, producing TeX
       TFM files.  (opl2ofm is based on the WEB source  code  for
       pltotf(f).)


OPTIONS
       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options

       -verbose
              display progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit



BUGS
       None  known, but report any found to <omega@ens.fr> (mail-
       ing list).  You should also check to see  if  the  bug  is
       present in pltotf(f).


SEE ALSO
       omega(a), ofm2opl(l), pltotf(f), tftopl(l).

       Draft Manual for the Omega System (omega-manual.dvi).

       Web page: <http://www.gutenberg.eu.org/omega/>


AUTHOR
       According to the WEB documentation:

              The first PLtoTF program was designed by Leo Guibas
              in the summer  of  1978.   Contributions  by  Frank
              Liang, Doug Wyatt, and Lyle Ramshaw also had a sig-
              nificant effect on the  evolution  of  the  present
              code.

              Extensions  for an enhanced ligature mechanism were
              added by D.E. Knuth in 1989.

              Extensions to handle  extended  font  metric  files
              (``OFM'')  were  added  by  John Plaice in December
              1995 and January 1996, resulting in the new program
              OPL2OFM.

       The   primary   authors   of   Omega   are   John   Plaice
       <plaice@cse.unsw.edu.au>  and  Yannis  Haralambous   <yan-
       nis@fluxus-virus.com>.

       This   manual   page   was   written   by   C.M.  Connelly
       <c@eskimo.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.   It  may
       be  used  by  other  distributions  without contacting the
       author.  Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page  are
       my  fault;  inquiries  about or corrections to this manual
       page should be directed to me  (and  not  to  the  primary
       author).



Omega                     September 2000               opl2ofm(m)