VPTOVF(1)                                               VPTOVF(1)


NAME
       vptovf  -  convert  virtual property lists to virtual font
       metrics

SYNOPSIS
       vptovf     [-verbose]     vpl_file_name      vfm_file_name
       tfm_file_name

DESCRIPTION
       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 file  names,  vplfilename,  vffilename,  and
       tfmfilename,  must  be  complete.  No  adding of default
       extensions or path searching is done.

OPTIONS
       Without the -verbose  option,  vptovf  operates  silently.
       With  it, a banner and progress report are printed on std-
       out.  See tex(1) for the details of specifying options.

SEE ALSO
       vftovp(1)
       Donald Knuth, Virtual Fonts: More Fun for  Grand  Wizards,
       TUGboat 11(1), April 1990.

AUTHORS
       Donald  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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