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PS2PK

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SEE ALSO VERSION AUTHOR


NAME

ps2pk - creates a TeX pkfont from a type1 !PostScript font

SYNOPSIS

pk2pk [ ''options'' type1 [pkfont

options: -v -eenc -Xxres -Eexpansion

  • Sslant

options: -Ppointsize -Rbaseres

  • raspectratio

options: -Yyres -aAFMfile

  • mmodename

DESCRIPTION

This program renders a given type1 !PostScript font at a given pointsize (default 10.0 points) and resolution (default 300dpi) into a TeX pkfont.

To generate the pkfont pk2ps needs a valid type1 fontname (for example Utopia-Regular, Utopia-Regula.pfb or Utopia-Regula.pfa) and its corresponding AFM-file (Utopia-Regular.afm). The program accepts both the MSDOS binary type1 format (Utopia-Regula.pfb) and its ASCII equivalent (Utopia-Regular or Utopia-Regula.pfa). To locate the type1 font and its AFM-file ps2pk will use the environment T1INPUTS if it is set otherwise its built in default (the -v flag will report which filenames are looked for).

The program will make a pkfont in which the character codes are derived from their AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) defined values. This can be overruled by specifying an explicit encoding file via the -e option. The encoding file enc should contain a valid !PostScript encoding containing !PostScript names like /hyphen. Here is an incomplete example (see afm2tfm for complete syntax):

% This is the EC encoding. /ECEncoding [unrenderable node] def

Options and arguments:

  • aAFMfile

Overrules the name that is used to locate the AFM file.

  • eenc

Name of a file containing an encoding scheme (default - the encoding named in the AFM-file is used). The actual

PostScript name of the encoding scheme is written as a

  • Eextension

The extension factor (real value, default 1.0).

  • mmodename

A modename such as would be used by METAFONT (default

  • Ppointsize

The desired pointsize (real value, default 10.0 points).

  • Rbaseres

The desired base resolution (integer value, default 300 dpi). If this differs from the value of xres, the appropriate magnification will be shown in the xres of 329, using the default base resolution of 300, will include the ''

  • raspectratio

The desired aspect ratio (expression, integerY/integerX, default 300/300). This will be shown in the yres but an explicit yres value will take precedence. Argument must be in

  • Sslant

The slant (real value, default 0.0).

  • Xxres

The resolution in the X direction (integer value, default 300 dpi).

  • Yyres

The resolution in the Y direction (integer value, default the value of xres). If yres differs from xres, a ''

  • v Verbose flag. (Tells what the program is

doing.)

type1

The name of the !PostScript type1 font. The name of the AFM-file will be constructed from this name by removing the extension (if suplied) and adding

[pkfont

The name of the resulting pkfont can be overruled with this name. The default name of pkfont is derived from the basename of the type1 font, the pointsize and xres. For example `ps2pk -P17.28 Utopia-Regular' will result in `Utopia-Regular17.300pk'. An explicit value for the name of the pkfont is necessary when the type1 font name already shows the point size, otherwise the pointsize value is catenated on to the pkfont basename which is usually not what is wanted.

The following PK

FontName''

Encoding modename ''

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This program uses the type1 hinting and rendering software IBM has donated to the X-consortium.

SEE ALSO

`METAFONT: The Program', Donald Knuth. `The GFtoPK processor', belonging to the METAFONTware. `Adobe Font Metric Files', Version 3.0, !PostScript Developer Support Group. afm2tfm(1) pk2bm(1)

VERSION

1.1 (May 1992)

AUTHOR

Piet Tutelaers rcpt@urc.tue.nl modified for ps2pkm by Pierre A. Mackay mackay@cs.washington.edu


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