TFTOPL(1)

NAME
tftopl - convert font metric (tfm) files to property lists

SYNOPSIS
tftopl [-verbose] [-charcode-format=format] tfm_file_name [pl_file_name]

DESCRIPTION
The tftopl program translates a (program-oriented) font metric file to a (human-oriented) property list file. Thus, you can edit the contents of the TFM files, if the font designer has not done his or her job properly, or if you're encountering strange difficulties, or if you're just curious. It also serves as a TFM-file validating program, i.e., if no error messages are given, the input file is correct.

The pl_file_name must be complete. No adding of default extensions or path searching is done. If the pl_file_name is not given, standard output is used. The tfm_file_name must also be complete; the `.tfm' is not added. But path searching is done: tftopl uses the environment variable TEXFONTS. If this is not set, it uses the system default:
TEXFONTS: /usr/TeX/lib/tex/fonts//:.,
See tex(1) for the details of the searching.

OPTIONS
Without the -verbose option, tftopl operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout.

The argument format to -charcode-format specifies how character codes are output in the PL file. By default, only letters and digits are output using the C integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output in octal. (Unless the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math sy or TeXmathex, in which case all character codes are output in octal.) If format is ascii, all character codes that correspond to graphic characters, besides the left and right parentheses, are output in ASCII. Finally, if format is octal, all character codes are output in octal.

See tex(1) for the details of specifying options.

SEE ALSO
pltotf(1)
Donald Knuth, TeXware, The METAFONTbook

AUTHORS
Donald Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part of the TeXware technical report, available from the TeX Users Group. Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally ported it to Unix.