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-.TH MF 1 "6 August 2019" "Web2C @VERSION@"
-.\"=====================================================================
-.if n .ds MF Metafont
-.if t .ds MF Metafont
-.if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP
-.if n .ds TX TeX
-.ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP
-.el .ds OX TeX
-.\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX
-.if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX
-.if n .ds BX BibTeX
-.\" LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX
-.if t .ds LX \fRL\\h'-0.36m'\\v'-0.15v'\s-2A\s0\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.15v'\fP\*(TX
-.if n .ds LX LaTeX
-.if n .ds WB Web
-.if t .ds WB W\s-2EB\s0
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH NAME
-mf, inimf, mf-nowin \- Metafont, a language for font and logo design
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B mf
-.RI [ options ]
-.RI [ commands ]
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-\*(MF reads the program in the specified files
-and outputs font rasters (in
-.I gf
-format) and font metrics (in
-.I tfm
-format). The \*(MF
-language is described in
-.IR "The \*(MF\^book" .
-.PP
-Like
-\*(TX, \*(MF
-is normally used with a large body of precompiled macros, and font generation
-in particular requires the support of several macro files. This
-version of \*(MF looks at its command line to see what name it was
-called under. Both
-.B inimf
-and
-.B virmf
-are symlinks to the
-.B mf
-executable. When called as
-.BR inimf
-(or when the
-.B -ini
-option is given) it can be used to precompile macros into a
-.I .base
-file. When called as
-.B virmf
-it will use the
-.I plain
-base. When called under any other name, \*(MF will use that name as
-the name of the base to use. For example, when called as
-.B mf
-the
-.I mf
-base is used, which is identical to the
-.I plain
-base. Other bases than
-.I plain
-are rarely used.
-.PP
-The
-.I commands
-given on the command line to the \*(MF program are passed to it as the
-first input line. (But it is often easier to type extended arguments
-as the first input line, since UNIX shells tend to gobble up or
-misinterpret \*(MF's favorite symbols, like semicolons, unless you
-quote them.) As described in
-.IR "The \*(MF\^book" ,
-that first line should begin with a filename, a
-.RI \e controlsequence ,
-or a
-.IR &basename .
-.PP
-The normal usage is to say
-.IP
-\fBmf\ \fP '\\\|mode=<printengine>\^;\^ [\^mag=magstep(\fI\^n\fP\^)\^;\^]' input\ \^\fI font \fP
-.PP
-to start processing
-.IR font.mf .
-The single quotes are the best way of keeping the Unix
-shell from misinterpreting the semicolons and
-from removing the \\ character, which is needed here to
-keep \*(MF from thinking that you want to produce a font called
-.IR mode .
-(Or you can just say
-.I mf
-and give the other stuff on the next line, without quotes.) Other
-control sequences, such as
-.I batchmode
-(for silent operation) can also appear.
-The name
-.I font
-will be the ``jobname'', and is used in forming
-output file names.
-If \*(MF doesn't get a file name in the first line,
-the jobname is
-.IR mfput .
-The default extension,
-.IR .mf ,
-can be overridden by specifying an extension explicitly.
-.PP
-A log of error messages goes into the file \fIjobname\fP\fB\^.\^\fP\fIlog\fP.
-The output files are \fIjobname\fP\fB\^.\^\fP\fItfm\fP and
-\fIjobname\fP\fB\^.\^\fP\fI<\fP\^number\^\fI>gf\fP, where <number> depends on
-the resolution and magnification of the font. The
-.I mode
-in this
-example is shown generically as <printengine>, a symbolic term for which
-the name of an actual device or, most commonly, the name
-.I localfont
-(see below) must
-be substituted. If the mode is not specified or is not valid for your
-site, \*(MF will default to
-.I proof
-mode which produces
-large character images for use in font design and refinement. Proof
-mode can be recognized by the suffix
-.I .2602gf
-after the jobname. Examples of proof mode output can be found
-in
-.I "Computer Modern Typefaces"
-(Volume E of
-.IR "Computers and Typesetting" ).
-The system of
-.I magsteps
-is identical to the system used by
-\*(TX,
-with values generally in the range 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0.
-A listing of
-.I gf
-numbers for 118-dpi, 240-dpi and 300-dpi fonts
-is shown below.
-.TS
-tab(:);
-c c c c
-l l l l.
-MAGSTEP:118 dpi:240 dpi:300 dpi
-mag=magstep(0):118:240:300
-mag=magstep(0.5):129:263:329
-mag=magstep(1):142:288:360
-mag=magstep(2):170:346:432
-mag=magstep(3):204:415:518
-mag=magstep(4):245:498:622
-mag=magstep(5):294:597:746
-.TE
-.PP
-Magnification can also be specified not as a magstep but as an
-arbitrary value, such as 1.315, to create special character sizes.
-.PP
-Before font production can begin, it is necessary to set up the
-appropriate base files. The minimum set of components for font
-production for a given print-engine is the
-.I plain.mf
-macro file
-and the local
-.I mode_def
-file. The macros in
-.I plain.mf
-can be
-studied in an appendix to the
-.IR "\*(MF\^book" ;
-they were developed by Donald E. Knuth, and this file should never be
-altered except when it is officially upgraded.
-Each
-.I mode_def
-specification helps adapt fonts to a particular print-engine.
-There is a regular discussion of
-.IR mode_def s
-in
-.IR TUGboat ,
-the journal of the
-\*(TX
-Users Group.
-The local ones in use on this computer should be in
-.IR modes.mf .
-.PP
-The
-.I e
-response to \*(MF\|'s error-recovery mode invokes the
-system default
-editor at the erroneous line of the source file.
-There is an environment variable, MFEDIT,
-that overrides the default editor.
-It should contain a string with "%s" indicating where the
-filename goes and "%d" indicating where the decimal linenumber (if any) goes.
-For example, an MFEDIT string for the
-.B vi
-editor can be set with the
-.B csh
-command
-.RS
-\fIsetenv MFEDIT "vi +%d %s"\fP
-.RE
-.PP
-A convenient file in the library is
-.IR null.mf ,
-containing nothing.
-When
-.B mf
-can't find the file it thinks you want to input, it keeps
-asking you for another file name; responding `null' gets you out
-of the loop if you don't want to input anything.
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH "ONLINE GRAPHICS OUTPUT"
-\*(MF can use most modern displays, so you can see its output
-without printing. Chapter 23 of
-.I "The \*(MF\^book"
-describes what you can do. This implementation of \*(MF uses
-environment variables to determine which display device you want to use.
-First it looks for a variable MFTERM, and then for TERM.
-If it can't find either, you get no online output. Otherwise, the value
-of the variable determines the device to use:
-.BR hp2627 ,
-.B sun
-(for old SunView),
-.BR tek ,
-.B uniterm
-(for an Atari ST Tek 4014 emulator),
-.B xterm
-(for either X10 or X11).
-Some of these devices may not be supported in all \*(MF
-executables; the choice is made at compilation time.
-.PP
-On some systems, there are two \*(MF binaries,
-.B mf
-and
-.BR mf-nowin .
-On those systems the
-.B mf
-binary supports graphics, while the
-.B mf-nowin
-binary does not. The
-.B mf-nowin
-binary is used by scripts like
-.B mktexpk
-where graphics support is a nuisance rather than something helpful.
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH OPTIONS
-This version of \*(MF understands the following command line options.
-.TP
-.BI -base \ base
-Use
-.I base
-as the name of the base to be used, instead of the name by which
-\*(MF was called or a
-.I %&
-line.
-.TP
-.BI -cnf-line \ string
-Parse
-.I string
-as a
-.I texmf.cnf
-configuration line. See the Kpathsea manual.
-.TP
-.B -file-line-error
-Print error messages in the form
-.I file:line:error
-which is similar to the way many compilers format them.
-.TP
-.B -no-file-line-error
-Disable printing error messages in the
-.I file:line:error
-style.
-.TP
-.B -file-line-error-style
-This is the old name of the
-.B -file-line-error
-option.
-.TP
-.B -halt-on-error
-Exit with an error code when an error is encountered during processing.
-.TP
-.B -help
-Print help message and exit.
-.TP
-.B -ini
-Be
-.BR inimf ,
-for dumping bases; this is implicitly true if the program is called
-as
-.BR inimf .
-.TP
-.BI -interaction \ mode
-Sets the interaction mode. The mode can be one of
-.IR batchmode ,
-.IR nonstopmode ,
-.IR scrollmode ,
-and
-.IR errorstopmode .
-The meaning of these modes is the same as that of the corresponding
-commands.
-.TP
-.BI -jobname \ name
-Use
-.I name
-for the job name, instead of deriving it from the name of the input file.
-.TP
-.BI -kpathsea-debug \ bitmask
-Sets path searching debugging flags according to the bitmask. See the
-.I Kpathsea
-manual for details.
-.TP
-.BI -maketex \ fmt
-Enable
-.RI mktex fmt ,
-where
-.I fmt
-must be
-.IR mf .
-.TP
-.BI -no-maketex \ fmt
-Disable
-.RI mktex fmt ,
-where
-.I fmt
-must be
-.IR mf .
-.TP
-.BI -output-directory \ directory
-Write output files in
-.I directory
-instead of the current directory. Look up input files in
-.I directory
-first, the along the normal search path.
-.TP
-.B -parse-first-line
-If the first line of the main input file begins with
-.I %&
-parse it to look for a dump name or a
-.B -translate-file
-option.
-.TP
-.B -no-parse-first-line
-Disable parsing of the first line of the main input file.
-.TP
-.BI -progname \ name
-Pretend to be program
-.IR name .
-This affects both the format used and the search paths.
-.TP
-.B -recorder
-Enable the filename recorder. This leaves a trace of the files opened
-for input and output in a file with extension
-.IR .fls .
-.TP
-.BI -translate-file \ tcxname
-Use the
-.I tcxname
-translation table.
-.TP
-.B -version
-Print version information and exit.
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH ENVIRONMENT
-See the Kpathsearch library documentation (the `Path specifications'
-node) for the details of how the environment variables are use when
-searching. The
-.B kpsewhich
-utility can be used to query the values of the variables.
-.PP
-If the environment variable
-.B TEXMFOUTPUT
-is set, \*(MF attempts to put its output
-files in it, if they cannot be put in the current directory. Again, see
-.BR tex (1).
-.TP
-.B MFINPUTS
-Search path for
-.I input
-files.
-.TP
-.B MFEDIT
-Command template for switching to editor.
-.TP
-.B MFTERM
-Determines the online graphics display. If MFTERM is not set,
-and DISPLAY is set, the Metafont window support for X is used.
-(DISPLAY must be set to a valid X server specification, as usual.)
-If neither MFTERM nor DISPLAY is set, TERM is used to guess the window
-support to use.
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH "FONT UTILITIES"
-A number of utility programs are available.
-The following is a partial list of available utilities and their purpose.
-Consult your local \*(MF guru for details.
-.br
-.TP \w'gftodvi'u+2n
-.B gftopk
-Takes a
-.I gf
-file and produces a more tightly packed
-.I pk
-font file.
-.TP
-.B gftodvi
-Produces proof sheets for fonts.
-.TP
-.B gftype
-Displays the contents of a
-.I gf
-file in mnemonics and/or images.
-.TP
-.B pktype
-Mnemonically displays the contents of a
-.I pk
-file.
-.TP
-.B mft
-Formats a source file as shown in
-.IR "Computer Modern Typefaces" .
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH "FILES"
-.TP
-.I "mf.pool"
-Encoded text of \*(MF's messages.
-.TP
-.I *.base
-Predigested \*(MF base files.
-.TP
-.I $TEXMFMAIN/metafont/base/plain.mf
-The standard base.
-.TP
-.I $TEXMFMAIN/metafont/misc/modes.mf
-The file of
-.IR mode_def s
-for your site's various printers
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH NOTES
-This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
-documentation for this version of \*(MF can be found in the info manual
-.IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH BUGS
-On January 4, 1986 the ``final'' bug in \*(MF was discovered
-and removed. If an error still lurks in the code, Donald E. Knuth promises to
-pay a finder's fee which doubles every year to the first person who finds
-it. Happy hunting.
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH "SUGGESTED READING"
-Donald E. Knuth,
-.I "The \*(MF\^book"
-(Volume C of
-.IR "Computers and Typesetting" ),
-Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
-.br
-Donald E. Knuth,
-.I "\*(MF:\^ The Program"
-(Volume D of
-.IR "Computers and Typesetting" ),
-Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13438-1.
-.br
-Donald E. Knuth,
-.I Computer Modern Typefaces
-(Volume E of
-.IR "Computers and Typesetting" ),
-Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13446-2.
-.br
-.I TUGboat
-(the journal of the \*(TX Users Group).
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH COMMENTS
-Warning: ``Type design can be hazardous to your other interests.
-Once you get hooked, you will develop intense feelings about letterforms;
-the medium will intrude on the messages that you read.
-And you will perpetually be thinking of improvements to the fonts that
-you see everywhere, especially those of your own design.''
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR gftopk (1),
-.BR gftodvi (1),
-.BR gftype (1),
-.BR mft (1),
-.BR mpost (1),
-.BR pltotf (1),
-.BR tftopl (1).
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH AUTHORS
-\*(MF was designed by Donald E. Knuth, who implemented it
-using his \*(WB system for Pascal programs. It was originally
-ported to Unix by Paul Richards at the University of Illinois at
-Urbana-Champaign. This page was mostly written by Pierre MacKay.