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ofm2opl
!!!ofm2opl
NAME
SYNOPSIS
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SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
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!!NAME


ofm2opl - convert Omega and TeX font-metric files to property-list files
!!SYNOPSIS


__ofm2opl__ [[ ''OPTION''... ] ''OFMNAME''[[.ofm] [[
''OPLFILE''[[.opl] ]
!!DESCRIPTION


__ofm2opl__ translates a binary Omega Font Metrics file,
''OFMNAME'', into a human-readable property-list form.
The program writes to standard output (by default) or to a
file specified as ''OPLFILE''.


The program also works with TeX TFM files, producing TeX PL
files. (__ofm2opl__ is based on the WEB source code for
tftopl(1).)
!!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


''OFMNAME''


an Omega Font Metric file


''OPLFILE''


an Omega Property List file
!!BUGS


None known, but report any found to
pltotf__(1).
!!SEE ALSO


omega(1), opl2ofm(1), pltotf(1),
tftopl(1).


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


Web page:
!!AUTHOR


According to the WEB documentation:


The first __TFtoPL__ program was designed by Leo Guibas
in the summer of 1978. Contributions by Frank Liang, Doug
Wyatt, and Lyle Ramshaw also had a significant 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 __OFM2OPL__.


The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice


This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly
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