gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files
gftopk [
-v]
gf_file_name [
pk_file_name]
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.
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.
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.
gftype(1),
pktogf(1),
pktype(1).
Donald E. Knuth et al.,
Metafontware.
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.