TFTOPL(1)						      General Commands Manual							 TFTOPL(1)

NAME

       tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property lists

SYNOPSIS

       tftopl [ -charcode-format=format ] [ -verbose ] tfm_name[.tfm] [ pl_name[.pl] ]

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 tftopl program translates a (program-oriented) font metric file to a (human-oriented) property list file.  Thus, you can edit the  con-
       tents  of  the  TFM files, if the font designer has not done his or her job properly, or if you're encountering strange difficulties, or if
       you're just curious.  It also serves as a TFM-file validating program, i.e., if no error messages are given, the input file is correct.

       The pl_name is extended with .pl if it lacks a suffix.  If pl_name is not given, standard output is used. Likewise,  tfm_name  is  extended
       with  .tfm  if  it lacks a suffix.  Also, path searching is done for the .tfm file using the environment variable TEXFONTS.  If that is not
       set, tftopl uses the system default.

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

OPTIONS

       The argument format to -charcode-format specifies how character codes are output in the PL file.  By default, only letters and  digits  are
       output using the C integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output in octal.  (Unless the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math sy
       or TeX math ex, in which case all character codes are output in octal.)	If format is ascii, all character codes that correspond to graphic
       characters,  besides  the  left and right parentheses, are output in ASCII.  Finally, if format is octal, all character codes are output in
       octal.

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

SEE ALSO

       pltotf(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 and Pavel Curtis originally ported it to Unix.

Web2C 7.3.1							 17 December 1994							 TFTOPL(1)