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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
   documentation 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
   property  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
   banner 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
   Typesetting), 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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