fontimport(t)                 teTeX                 fontimport(t)



NAME
       fontimport  - import fonts into the teTeX directory struc-
       ture

SYNOPSIS
       fontimport [-d] [-f] [-s] [-t] [-m MF-mode] path ...

DESCRIPTION
       fontimport imports TFM and PK font files into  appropriate
       places  in  the  teTeX  directory tree and revises teTeX's
       filename database accordingly.

       Each path may be a font file or a directory, either  abso-
       lute  or relative to the current directory.  All subdirec-
       tories of a given directory are searched for  font  files.
       Don't  specify  directory  names  that are symbolic links,
       however, since (at least some versions of)  find(d)  won't
       dereference them.

       A  font's  destination  is  determined by variables in the
       file texmf.cnf.  By default, fontimport will issue a warn-
       ing  to  stderr  instead  of  overwriting an existing font
       file.  The -f flag forces overwriting.

       fontimport  can  cope  with  font  names  conforming   the
       8.3-namescheme, too, so you can import fonts from either a
       TDS-compliant  or   MSDOS   installation.   emTeX's   font
       libraries  are  not supported. If you want to import fonts
       from a font library, you need to unpack  it  with  emTeX's
       fontlib utility first.

       The  full  pathname  of each font successfully imported is
       echoed to stdout.  When fontimport can not parse a  font's
       name,  it  will  import  the  font using a path element of
       "/unknown/" and issue a warning on stderr.

       fontimport tries to guess the mode of PK files.  With  the
       -m  flag you may specify a fallback mode to be used if the
       mode can't be guessed.

       Options:


       -m MF-MODE
              default  Metafont  mode  for  PK  files   if
              autodetection fails
       -d     delete  font files after copying (i.e., move
              them)
       -f     force overwrite existing fonts
       -s     do not use other destinations than the  sys-
              tem's main texmf tree
       -t     test mode: just echo each font's destination
              (if any); don't move or copy

SEE ALSO
       allec(c),  allneeded(d),  fontexport(t),  Fontname:
       Filenames  for TeX Fonts (http://tug.org/fontname).

AUTHOR
       Thomas Esser (te@informatik.uni-hannover.de)



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