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


vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual font metrics
!!SYNOPSIS


__vptovf__ [[ __-verbose__ ] ''vpl_name[[.vpl]
vfm_name[[.vf] tfm_name[[.tfm]''
!!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 __vptovf__ program translates a (human-oriented)
property list file to a pair of (program-oriented) files in
the VF (virtual font) and TFM (TEX font metric) formats.
Thus, a virtual font file can be edited and its exact
contents can be displayed mnemonically. New virtual fonts,
which map characters as seen by TEX into an arbitrary
sequence of low-level typesetting operations, can also be
created in this way.


All three filenames, ''vpl_name, vf_name,'' and
''tfm_name,'' are extended with the appropriate suffix,
if they lack one.
!!OPTIONS


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


pltotf(1), tftopl(1),
vftovp(1).
!!AUTHORS


Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea
of David Fuchs, starting with the code for pltotf(1).
Karl Berry adapted it for compilation with
__web2c__.
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