pltotf
convert property list files to TeX font metric (tfm) format
see also :
tftopl
Synopsis
pltotf
[-verbose] pl_file_name[.pl]
[tfm_file_name[.tfm]]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
for f in *.pl; do
pltotf $f;done
for f in *.vpl; do
vptovf $f;done
# Create the map file
tex "$code-map.tex"
source
for f in *.pl ; do
pltotf $f
done
for f in *.vpl ; do
vptovf $f
done
echo ">>>
create map files"
latex $pkgname/createmap.tex
source
latex `kpsewhich fontinst.sty`<<EOF
\latinfamily{$family}{}\bye
EOF
for X in *.pl; do
pltotf $X; done
for X in *.vpl; do
vptovf $X; done
source
\\input fontinst.sty
\\latinfamily{aub}{}
\\bye
%EOF
latex fiaub.tex
for f in *.pl ; do
pltotf $f
done
for f in *.vpl ; do
\\input fontinst.sty
\\latinfamily{din}{}
\\bye
%EOF
latex fidin.tex
for f in *.pl ; do
pltotf $f
done
for f in *.vpl ; do
description
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
pltotf program translates a (human-oriented) property
list file to a (program-oriented) TeX font metric file.
Thus, after editing the property list file, a TFM file can
be generated for use with, for example, tex(1).
The
pl_file_name is extended with .pl if it lacks
a suffix. No path searching is done.
If no
tfm_file_name is given, the basename of
pl_file_name with suffix .tfm is used;
otherwise tfm_file_name is extended with .tfm
if it lacks a suffix.
options
Without the
-verbose option, pltotf operates
silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed
on stdout.
see also
tftopl .
Donald E. Knuth, TeX for nroffware.
Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook, (Volume C of
Computers and Typesetting), Addison-Wesley, 1986,
ISBN 0-201-13445-4.
authors
Donald E. Knuth
wrote the program. It was published as part of the TeX
for nroffware technical report, available from the TeX
Users Group. Howard Trickey, Pavel Curtis, and Richard
Furuta originally ported it to Unix.