MFT(1)                                                     MFT(1)


NAME
       mft - translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprint-
       ing

SYNOPSIS
       mft   mf_file_name[.mf]   [-cs]    [change_file_name[.ch]]
       [style_file_name[.mft]]

DESCRIPTION
       The  mft  program  creates a TeX file from a Metafont pro-
       gram.  It takes appropriate care  of  typographic  details
       like  page  layout  and  the  use of indentation, italics,
       boldface, etc., as illustrated in the book ComputerModern-
       Typefaces,  by Donald Knuth.  Special conventions in Meta-
       font comments allow you to control things that  would  not
       otherwise come out right; section 1 of the MFT source pro-
       gram in the METAFONTware report explains these rules.

       The command line  has  one  required  file  name  and  two
       optional  file  names.   The  required  one  is a Metafont
       source file; there is also an optional change file  (which
       works  just  as the change files to tangle(1) and weave(1)
       do) and an optional style  file  (which  is  prepended  to
       everything).

       A  file name that doesn't contain a dot is always given an
       extension, either .mf (Metafont) or .ch (change)  or  .mft
       (style).  If  no  style  file is specified, the style file
       plain.mft is automatically used. The  changefilename  is
       not searched for using any paths. The .mf file is searched
       for using the MFINPUTS environment variable  if  you  have
       set     it,     or     else     the     system    default:
       .:/usr/contrib/lib/mf/inputs:/usr/src/contrib/tex/fonts//.
       The  style  file is searched for using the TEXINPUTS envi-
       ronment    variable;     the     default     there     is:
       .:/usr/contrib/lib/tex/inputs//    /*TeXsource*/.      See
       tex(1) for the details of the searching.

       The output TeX file name is formed by using .tex in  place
       of the extension of mffilename.

FILES
       /usr/contrib/lib/tex/inputs/mftmac.tex
                                TeX macros used by mft output.

       /usr/contrib/lib/tex/inputs/plain.mft
                                Default style file.

       /usr/contrib/lib/tex/inputs/cmbase.mft
                                Style file for Computer Modern.

SEE ALSO
       mf(1), weave(1)
       Donald Knuth et al., METAFONTware



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MFT(1)                                                     MFT(1)


AUTHORS
       Donald  Knuth  wrote the program, and he ported it to Unix
       with the help of Pierre MacKay and the Unix port of  weave
       by  Howard  Trickey and Pavel Curtis.  The program is pub-
       lished in the  METAFONTware  technical  report,  available
       from the TeX Users Group.



















































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