GFTOPK(1) General Commands Manual GFTOPK(1)
NAME
gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files
SYNOPSIS
gftopk [-v] gf_file_name [pk_file_name]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documenta-
tion for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
Web2C: A TeX implementation.
The gftopk program converts a generic font file output by, for example,
mf(1), to a packed font file for use by DVI-reading programs. Packed
font files (pk files) are much smaller than the corresponding gf files,
so they are generally the font format of choice.
The gf_file_name on the command line must be complete. Because the reso-
lution is part of the extension, it would not make sense to append a de-
fault extension as is done with TeX or DVI-reading software. The
pk_file_name defaults to the same (stripped) name as gf_file_name, and
it is placed in the current working directory with the pk suffix replac-
ing gf. For example, the input file cmr10.300gf would become
cmr10.300pk.
OPTIONS
Unless the -v switch is given, gftopk operates silently. With -v, the
version number of the program and statistics about the packing are out-
put to stdout.
ENVIRONMENT
gftopk looks for gf_file_name first in the current directory. If it is
not present there, it uses the environment variable GFFONTS. If that is
not set, it uses the variable TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the
system default.
See tex(1) for the details of the searching.
SEE ALSO
gftype(1), pktogf(1), pktype(1).
Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.
AUTHORS
Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as part of the Meta-
fontware technical report, available from the TeX Users Group. Paul
Richards originally ported it to Unix.
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