afm2afm - reencode an afm file
- afm2afm
- [-help] [ -version] [
-encoding=<encodingfile>] [
-kpx=<kpxfile>] [
-output=<outputfile>] <afmfile>
afm2afm re-encodes an
afm file.
Metrics (including kerning data) for characters not present in the chosen
encoding are excluded from the output, which resuls in (potentially much)
smaller files.
Additional kerning pairs can be added to the output file. If you don't specify
an encoding file, the
afm file isn't re-encoded; however, all unused
(unencoded) data is still pruned.
The program also generates an entry for a
dvips-style map file, but only
if the
afm file has been re-encoded and the output was written to file
(i.e., if both the
-encoding and
-output options were
specified).
- -help
- Print a short description of the syntax
- -version
- Print version number and exit
-
-encoding=<encodingfile>
- Re-encode to the enconding in
<encodingfile>
-
-kpx=<kpxfile>
- Read additional kerning pairs from <kpxfile>
and add these to the output. This option cannot be used to override values
from the input afm file, since afm2afm will write both old
and new values to the output!
The <kpxfile> should contain kerning data in standard
afm format, i.e. for each kerning pair there should be a line
KPX <left_glyph> <right_glyph> <amount>
All other lines in the <kpxfile> are ignored.
-
-output=<outputfile>
- Write the result to <outputfile> instead of
"stdout".
- <afmfile>
- The afm file to be re-encoded.
You may use either one or two dashes before options, and option names may be
shortened to a unique prefix.
Marc Penninga <
[email protected]>
Copyright (C) 2005-2022 Marc Penninga.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version. A copy of the GNU General Public License is included with
afm2afm; see the file
GPLv2.txt.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
This document describes
afm2afm version 20220124.
(See the source code for the rest of the story.)
- 2019-05-20
- Added the -version option.