VPTOVF(1) UNIX System V(5/27/90) VPTOVF(1)
NAME
vptovf - convert virtual property list files to virtual fonts
SYNOPSIS
vptovf 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, vpl_file_name, vf_file_name, and tfm_file_name,
must be complete. No adding of default extensions or path searching is
done.
AUTHORS
Donald Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David Fuchs,
starting with the code for pltotf(1). Karl Berry originally ported it to
Unix.
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