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TFTOPL
!!!TFTOPL
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
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!!NAME


tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property lists
!!SYNOPSIS


__tftopl__ [[ __-charcode-format__''=format'' ] [[
__-verbose__ ] ''tfm_name[[.tfm]'' [[
''pl_name[[.pl]'' ]
!!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 __tftopl__ program translates a (program-oriented)
font metric file to a (human-oriented) property list file.
Thus, you can edit the contents of the TFM files, if the
font designer has not done his or her job properly, or if
you're encountering strange difficulties, or if you're just
curious. It also serves as a TFM-file validating program,
i.e., if no error messages are given, the input file is
correct.


The ''pl_name'' is extended with ''.pl'' if it lacks a
suffix. If ''pl_name'' is not given, standard output is
used. Likewise, ''tfm_name'' is extended with ''.tfm''
if it lacks a suffix. Also, path searching is done for the
''.tfm'' file using the environment variable TEXFONTS. If
that is not set, __tftopl__ uses the system
default.


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


The argument ''format'' to __-charcode-format__
specifies how character codes are output in the PL file. By
default, only letters and digits are output using the
__C__ integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are
output in octal. (Unless the font's coding scheme starts
with __TeX math sy__ or __TeX math ex__, in which case
all character codes are output in octal.) If ''format''
is __ascii__, all character codes that correspond to
graphic characters, besides the left and right parentheses,
are output in ASCII. Finally, if ''format'' is
__octal__, all character codes are output in
octal.


Without the __-verbose__ option, __tftopl__ operates
silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed
on ''stdout''.
!!SEE ALSO


pltotf(1),
Donald E. Knuth, ''TEXware''.
Donald E. Knuth, ''The M ETAFONT book''
(Volume C of ''Computers and Typesetting''),
Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
!!AUTHORS


Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part
of the ''TEXware'' technical report, available from the
TEX Users Group. Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally
ported it to Unix.
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