TFTOPL(1)                   UNIX System V(1/14/91)                    TFTOPL(1)


NAME
      tftopl - convert font metric (tfm) files to property list format

SYNOPSIS
      tftopl [-verbose] tfm_file_name [pl_file_name]

DESCRIPTION
      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_file_name must be complete. No adding of default extensions or
      path searching is done.  If the pl_file_name is not given, standard
      output is used. The tfm_file_name, on the other hand, is searched for
      using the environment variable TEXFONTS.  See tex(1) for the details of
      the searching.  If TEXFONTS is not set, it uses the system default:
      /usr/TeX/fonts/tfm.

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

SEE ALSO
      pltotf(1)
      Donald Knuth, TeXware, The METAFONTbook

AUTHORS
      Donald 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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