PKTYPE(1)						      General Commands Manual							 PKTYPE(1)

NAME

       pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text

SYNOPSIS

       pktype pk_file[pk]

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 pktype program translates a packed font file (pk) (output by, for example, gftopk(1) to a file that humans can read. It also serves	as
       a  pk file-validating program (i.e., if pktype can read it, it's correct) and as an example of a pk-reading program for other software that
       wants to read pk files.

       The input pk_file on the command line may omit the suffix `pk.  The plain text translation is always written to standard output.

       The output file gives a compact encoding of the packed encoding, using conventions described in the source code. Run lengths of black  pix-
       els alternate with parenthesized run lengths of white pixels, and brackets are used to indicate when a row should be repeated.

ENVIRONMENT

       pktype looks for pk_file in the usual places according to Kpathsea.

       See tex(1) for the details of the searching.

SEE ALSO

       dvitype(1), gftopk(1), gftype(1).
       Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.

AUTHORS

       Tomas  Rokicki  wrote  the  program, Donald E. Knuth originally ported it to Unix, Pierre MacKay originally adapted it for compilation with
       Web2c.

Web2C 2012							    5 May 2011								 PKTYPE(1)