pktogf - convert packed font files to generic font files
pktogf [
-v]
pk_file_name [
gf_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
pktogf program converts a packed font file (
pk) to a generic
font file (
gf). Packed font files are much smaller than the
corresponding
gf files, but some DVI readers only understand
gf
files.
The
pk_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
gf_file_name defaults to the same (stripped) name as
pk_file_name, and it is placed in the current working directory with
the
gf suffix replacing
pk. For example, the input file
io.300pk would become
io.300gf.
Unless the
-v switch is given,
pktogf operates silently. With
-v, the version number of the program and statistics about the
unpacking are output to
stdout.
pktogf looks for
pk_file_name using the environment variable
PKFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the variable TEXPKS. If that is not set,
it uses TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the system default.
See
tex(1) for the details of the searching.
gftopk(1),
gftype(1),
pktype(1).
Donald E. Knuth et al.,
Metafontware.
Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. Pierre MacKay adapted it for compilation with
web2c.