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diff --git a/fonts/utilities/afmtopl/clark/aftopl.1 b/fonts/utilities/afmtopl/clark/aftopl.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3162a230b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/utilities/afmtopl/clark/aftopl.1 @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +.\" $Header: /u/jjc/dvitops/RCS/aftopl.1,v 1.1 89/02/01 09:06:36 jjc Rel $ +.TH AFTOPL L "10 December 1988" +.SH NAME +aftopl \- convert an AFM file to a TeX PL file +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B aftopl +[ +.BI \-e encoding +] +.I afmfile +[ +.I plfile +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B aftopl +converts an AFM (Adobe Font Metric) file to a TeX PL (Property List) file. +An extension of +.B .afm +can be omitted from +.IR afmfile . +An extension of +.B .pl +can be omitted from +.IR plfile . +If +.I plfile +is omitted, it will be derived from +.I afmfile +by replacing the extension of +.I afmfile +by +.BR .pl . +The PL file can be converted to the TFM file needed by TeX by the pltotf +utility. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BI \-e encoding +Produce a PL file suitable for the font when reencoded using +.IR encoding . +There should be a file called +.IB encoding .enc +in the same place that TFM files are kept. +This should give the PostScript name of each element of the encoding vector +(without a leading +.BR / ). +Names should be separated by white space. +Use the name +.B .notdef +for empty elements of the vector. +.SH FILES +.B /usr/local/tex/fonts/*.enc +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR tex (L), +.BR pltotf (L), +.BR dvitops (L), +.IR "PostScript Language Reference Manual" . +.SH BUGS +.LP +The same character must not occur more than once in the encoding vector. +.LP +There is no single `right' way to generate a PL file from an AFM file. +.B aftopl +tries to do something reasonable. +If you don't like the results, you should feel free to edit the PL file. +.LP +If a composite character is included in the encoding vector, then all +of its components must also be included; for example, if +.B aacute +occurs +then so must +.B a +and +.BR acute . +.B aftopl +does not check this. +.SH AUTHOR +James Clark <jjc@jclark.uucp> |