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1 perry 1 PKTYPE
2 !!!PKTYPE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 ENVIRONMENT
7 SEE ALSO
8 AUTHORS
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text
14 !!SYNOPSIS
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17 __pktype__ ''pk_file'' [[ ''output_file''
18 ]
19 !!DESCRIPTION
20
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22 This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
23 documentation for this version of TEX can be found in the
24 info file or manual ''Web2C: A TeX
25 implementation''.
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28 The __pktype__ program translates a packed font file
29 (''pk'') (output by, for example, gftopk(1) to a
30 file that humans can read. It also serves as a ''pk''
31 file-validating program (i.e., if __pktype__ can read it,
32 it's correct) and as an example of a ''pk''-reading
33 program for other software that wants to read ''pk''
34 files.
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37 The ''pk_file'' on the command line must be complete.
38 Because the resolution is part of the extension, it would
39 not make sense to append a default extension as is done with
40 TEX or DVI-reading software. If no ''output_file'' is
41 specified, the plain text translation is written to standard
42 output.
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45 The output file gives a compact encoding of the packed
46 encoding, using conventions described in the source code.
47 Run lengths of black pixels alternate with parenthesized run
48 lengths of white pixels, and brackets are used to indicate
49 when a row should be repeated.
50 !!ENVIRONMENT
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53 __pktype__ looks for ''pk_file'' using the environment
54 variable PKFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the variable
55 TEXPKS. If that is not set, it uses TEXFONTS. If that is not
56 set, it uses the system default.
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59 See tex(1) for the details of the
60 searching.
61 !!SEE ALSO
62
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64 dvitype(1), gftopk(1), gftype(1).
65 Donald E. Knuth et al., ''M ETAFONT
66 ware''.
67 !!AUTHORS
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70 Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. Donald E. Knuth originally
2 perry 71 ported it to Unix. Pierre !MacKay adapted it for compilation
1 perry 72 with Web2c.
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