ovp2ovf(f)                    Omega                    ovp2ovf(f)



NAME
       ovp2ovf - convert a virtual property-list file into a vir-
       tual font file and its associated font metric file


SYNOPSIS
       ovp2ovf [ OPTION... ] OVPFILE[.ovp] [ [ OVFFILE[.ovf] ]  [
       OFMFILE[.ofm] ] ]


DESCRIPTION
       ovp2ovf  translates a human-readable virtual property list
       (OVP) file, OVPFILE, into a virtual font (OVF) file,  OVF-
       FILE and its companion font metric (OFM) file, OFMFILE.

       The program also works with TeX VP files, producing VF and
       TFM files.  (ovp2ovf is based on the WEB source  code  for
       vptovf(f).)


OPTIONS
       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options

       -verbose
              display progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit



FILES
       OFMFILE
              Omega Font Metric file

       OVFFILE
              Omega Virtual Font file

       OVPFILE
              Omega Virtual Property List 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  in
       vptovf(f).


SEE ALSO
       omega(a),  ofm2opl(l),  ovf2ovp(p),  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:

              VPtoVF  is  an  extended  version  of  the  program
              PLtoTF,  which  is  part  of  the  standard TeXware
              library.  OVP2OVF is an extended version of  VPtoVF
              that  allows much larger fonts.  The idea of a vir-
              tual font was inspired by  the  work  of  David  R.
              Fuchs  who designed a similar set of conventions in
              1984 while developing a device  driver  for  Arbor-
              Text,  Inc.   He  wrote  a somewhat similar program
              called PLFONT.

       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               ovp2ovf(f)