pbmtopk(1)						      General Commands Manual							pbmtopk(1)

NAME

       pbmtopk - convert a portable bitmap into a packed (PK) format font

SYNOPSIS

       pbmtopk	pkfile[.pk]  tfmfile[.tfm]  resolution	[-s designsize] [-p num param...]  [-C codingscheme] [-F family] [-f optfile] [-c num] [-W
       width] [-H height] [-D depth] [-I ital] [-h horiz] [-v vert] [-x xoff] [-y yoff] [pbmfile]...

DESCRIPTION

       Reads portable bitmaps as input, and produces a packed (PK) font file and a TFM (TeX font metric) file as output. The resolution  parameter
       indicates the resolution of the font, in dots per inch. If the filename "-" is used for any of the filenames, the standard input stream (or
       standard output where appropriate) will be used.

OPTIONS

       -s designsize
	      Sets the design size of the font, in TeX's points (72.27pt to the inch). The default design size is 1. The TFM parameters are  given
	      as multiples of the design size.

       -p num param...
	      Sets  the  first	num  font  parameters  for  the font. The first seven parameters are the slant, interword spacing, interword space
	      stretchability, interword space shrinkability, x-height, quad width, and post-sentence extra space of  the  font.  Math  and  symbol
	      fonts  may  have more parameters; see The TeXbook for a list of these. Reasonable default values are chosen for parameters which are
	      not specified.

       -C codingscheme
	      Sets the coding scheme comment in the TFM file.

       -F family
	      Sets the font family comment in the TFM file.

       -f optfile
	      Reads the file optfile, which should contain a lines of the form:

		 filename xoff yoff horiz vert width height depth ital

	      The pbm files specified by the filename parameters are inserted consecutively in the font with the specified attributes. If  any	of
	      the  attributes  are  omitted, or replaced with "*", a default value will be calculated from the size of the bitmap. The settings of
	      the -W, -H, -D, -I, -h, -v, -x, and -y options do not affected characters created in this way.  The character number can be  changed
	      by including a line starting with "=", followed by the new number.  Lines beginning with "%" or "#" are ignored.

       -c num Sets the character number of the next bitmap encountered to num.

       -W width
	      Sets the TFM width of the next character to width (in design size multiples).

       -H height
	      Sets the TFM height of the next character to height (in design size multiples).

       -D depth
	      Sets the TFM depth of the next character to depth (in design size multiples).

       -I ital
	      Sets the italic correction of the next character to ital (in design size multiples).

       -h horiz
	      Sets the horizontal escapement of the next character to horiz (in pixels).

       -v vert
	      Sets the vertical escapement of the next character to vert (in pixels).

       -x xoff
	      Sets the horizontal offset of the next character to xoff (in pixels).

       -y yoff
	      Sets the vertical offset of the next character to yoff (in pixels, from the top row).

SEE ALSO

       pktopbm(1), pbm(5)

AUTHOR

       Adapted from Tom Rokicki's pxtopk by Angus Duggan <ajcd@dcs.ed.ac.uk>.

								   6 August 1990							pbmtopk(1)