GFTOPK(1)						      General Commands Manual							 GFTOPK(1)

NAME

       gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files

SYNOPSIS

       gftopk [-v] gf_file_name [pk_file_name]

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 gftopk program converts a generic font file output by, for example, mf(1), to a packed font	file  for  use	by  DVI-reading  programs.
       Packed font files (pk files) are much smaller than the corresponding gf files, so they are generally the font format of choice.

       The gf_file_name on the command line must be complete. Because the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make sense to append a
       default extension as is done with TeX or DVI-reading software. The pk_file_name defaults to the same (stripped) name as	gf_file_name,  and
       it  is  placed  in  the	current  working  directory with the pk suffix replacing gf.  For example, the input file cmr10.300gf would become
       cmr10.300pk.

OPTIONS

       Unless the -v switch is given, gftopk operates silently.  With -v, the version number of the program and statistics about the  packing  are
       output to stdout.

ENVIRONMENT

       gftopk  looks  for  gf_file_name first in the current directory.  If it is not present there, it uses the environment variable GFFONTS.	If
       that is not set, it uses the variable TEXFONTS.	If that is not set, it uses the system default.

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

SEE ALSO

       gftype(1), pktogf(1), pktype(1).
       Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.

AUTHORS

       Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as part of the Metafontware technical report, available from the TeX Users  Group.   Paul
       Richards originally ported it to Unix.

Web2C 2012							 14 December 1993							 GFTOPK(1)