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1 perry 1 ovf2ovp
2 !!!ovf2ovp
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 FILES
8 BUGS
9 SEE ALSO
10 AUTHOR
11 ----
12 !!NAME
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15 ovf2ovp - convert a virtual font file and its associated font metric file into property-list format
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __ovf2ovp__ [[ ''OPTION''... ] ''OVFNAME''[[.ovf] [[ [[
20 ''OFMNAME''[[.ofm] ] [[ ''OVPFILE''[[.ovp] ]
21 ]
22 !!DESCRIPTION
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25 __ovf2ovp__ translates a virtual font (OVF) file,
26 ''OVFNAME'', and its companion font metric (OFM) file,
27 ''OFMNAME'', into a human-readable property-list format.
28 The program writes to standard output (by default) or to a
29 file specified as ''OVPNAME''.
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32 The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing
33 TeX VP files. (__ovf2ovp__ is based on the WEB source
34 code for vftovp(1).)
35 !!OPTIONS
36
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38 __-charcode-format=__''TYPE''
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41 output character codes according to ''TYPE'', which can
42 be either `hex or `ascii. Default is `hex. ascii specifes
43 all ASCII letters and digits; hex gets you everything
44 else.
45
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47 __-help__
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50 display a brief summary of syntax and options
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53 __-verbose__
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56 display progress reports
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59 __-version__
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62 output version information and exit
63 !!FILES
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66 ''OVPFILE''
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69 Omega Virtual Property List file
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72 ''OFMNAME''
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75 Omega Font Metric file
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78 ''OVFNAME''
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81 Omega Virtual Font file
82 !!BUGS
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85 None known, but report any found to
86 vftovp__(1).
87 !!SEE ALSO
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3 perry 90 omega(1), ofm2opl(1), __ovp2ovf__(1),
1 perry 91 pltotf(1), tftopl(1), vftovp(1),
92 vptovf(1)
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95 ''Draft Manual for the Omega System''
96 (''omega-manual.dvi'').
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99 Web page:
100 !!AUTHOR
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103 According to the WEB documentation:
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106 __VFtoVP__ is an extended version of the program
107 __TFtoPL__, which is part of the standard tex()ware
108 library. The idea of a virtual font was inspired by the work
109 of David R. Fuchs who designed a similar set of conventions
2 perry 110 in 1984 while developing a device driver for !ArborText, Inc.
1 perry 111 He wrote a somewhat similar program called
112 __AMFtoXPL__.
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115 The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice
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118 This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly
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