PLTOTF(1) General Commands Manual PLTOTF(1)
NAME
pltotf - convert property list files to TeX font metric (tfm) format
SYNOPSIS
pltotf [-verbose] pl_file_name[.pl] [tfm_file_name[.tfm]]
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 pltotf program translates a (human-oriented) property list file to a
(program-oriented) TeX font metric file. Thus, after editing the prop-
erty list file, a TFM file can be generated for use with, for example,
tex(1).
The pl_file_name is extended with .pl if it lacks a suffix. No path
searching is done.
If no tfm_file_name is given, the basename of pl_file_name with suffix
.tfm is used; otherwise tfm_file_name is extended with .tfm if it lacks
a suffix.
OPTIONS
Without the -verbose option, pltotf operates silently. With it, a ban-
ner and progress report are printed on stdout.
SEE ALSO
tftopl(1).
Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.
Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook, (Volume C of Computers and Typeset-
ting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
AUTHORS
Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part of the
TeXware technical report, available from the TeX Users Group. Howard
Trickey, Pavel Curtis, and Richard Furuta originally ported it to Unix.
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