ovf2ovp(p)                    Omega                    ovf2ovp(p)



NAME
       ovf2ovp  -  convert a virtual font file and its associated
       font metric file into property-list format


SYNOPSIS
       ovf2ovp [ OPTION... ] OVFNAME[.ovf] [ [ OFMNAME[.ofm] ]  [
       OVPFILE[.ovp] ] ]


DESCRIPTION
       ovf2ovp translates a virtual font (OVF) file, OVFNAME, and
       its companion font metric  (OFM)  file,  OFMNAME,  into  a
       human-readable  property-list  format.  The program writes
       to standard output (by default) or to a file specified  as
       OVPNAME.

       The  program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, produc-
       ing TeX VP files.  (ovf2ovp is based  on  the  WEB  source
       code for vftovp(p).)


OPTIONS
       -charcode-format=TYPE
              output character codes according to TYPE, which can
              be either `hex'  or  `ascii'.   Default  is  `hex'.
              ascii  specifes  all  ASCII letters and digits; hex
              gets you everything else.


       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options

       -verbose
              display progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit



FILES
       OVPFILE
              Omega Virtual Property List file

       OFMNAME
              Omega Font Metric file

       OVFNAME
              Omega Virtual Font file


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


SEE ALSO
       omega(a), ofm2opl(l),  ovp2ovf(f),  pltotf(f),  tftopl(l),
       vftovp(p), vptovf(f)

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

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


AUTHOR
       According to the WEB documentation:

              VFtoVP  is  an  extended  version  of  the  program
              TFtoPL, which is part  of  the  standard  tex()ware
              library.   The  idea of a virtual font was inspired
              by the work of David R. Fuchs who designed a  simi-
              lar  set  of conventions in 1984 while developing a
              device driver for ArborText, Inc.  He wrote a some-
              what similar program called AMFtoXPL.

       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               ovf2ovp(p)