vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual font metrics
vptovf [
-verbose]
vpl_name[
.vpl]
[
vfm_name[
.vf] [
tfm_name[
.tfm]]]
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
vptovf program translates a (human-oriented) property list file to a
pair of (program-oriented) files in the VF (virtual font) and TFM (TeX font
metric) formats. Thus, a virtual font file can be edited and its exact
contents can be displayed mnemonically. New virtual fonts, which map
characters as seen by TeX into an arbitrary sequence of low-level typesetting
operations, can also be created in this way.
All three filenames,
vpl_name,
vf_name, and
tfm_name, are
extended with the appropriate suffix, if they lack one.
Without the
-verbose option,
vptovf operates silently. With it, a
banner and progress report are printed on
stdout.
pltotf(1),
tftopl(1),
vftovp(1).
Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David Fuchs,
starting with the code for
pltotf(1). Karl Berry adapted it for
compilation with
web2c.