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PKTYPE
!!!PKTYPE
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ENVIRONMENT
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
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!!NAME


pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text
!!SYNOPSIS


__pktype__ ''pk_file'' [[ ''output_file''
]
!!DESCRIPTION


This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation for this version of TEX can be found in the
info file or manual ''Web2C: A TeX
implementation''.


The __pktype__ program translates a packed font file
(''pk'') (output by, for example, gftopk(1) to a
file that humans can read. It also serves as a ''pk''
file-validating program (i.e., if __pktype__ can read it,
it's correct) and as an example of a ''pk''-reading
program for other software that wants to read ''pk''
files.


The ''pk_file'' on the command line must be complete.
Because the resolution is part of the extension, it would
not make sense to append a default extension as is done with
TEX or DVI-reading software. If no ''output_file'' is
specified, the plain text translation is written to standard
output.


The output file gives a compact encoding of the packed
encoding, using conventions described in the source code.
Run lengths of black pixels alternate with parenthesized run
lengths of white pixels, and brackets are used to indicate
when a row should be repeated.
!!ENVIRONMENT


__pktype__ looks for ''pk_file'' using the environment
variable PKFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the variable
TEXPKS. If that is not set, it uses TEXFONTS. If that is not
set, it uses the system default.


See tex(1) for the details of the
searching.
!!SEE ALSO


dvitype(1), gftopk(1), gftype(1).
Donald E. Knuth et al., ''M ETAFONT
ware''.
!!AUTHORS


Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. Donald E. Knuth originally
ported it to Unix. Pierre !MacKay adapted it for compilation
with Web2c.
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