Man1 - vptovf.1

vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual font metrics

vptovf [*-verbose*] vpl_name[/*.vpl*/] [/vfm_name/[/*.vf*/] [/tfm_name/[/*.tfm*/]]]

This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.

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 filenames, vpl_name, vf_name, and tfm_name, are extended with the appropriate suffix, if they lack one.

Without the -verbose option, vptovf operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout.

*pltotf*(1), *tftopl*(1), *vftovp*(1).

Donald E. 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.