VPTOVF(1)

NAME
vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual font metrics

SYNOPSIS
vptovf [-verbose] vpl_file_name vfm_file_name tfm_file_name

DESCRIPTION
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 file names, vpl_file_name, vf_file_name, and tfm_file_name, must be complete. No adding of default extensions or path searching is done.

OPTIONS
Without the -verbose option, vptovf operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout. See tex(1) for the details of specifying options.

SEE ALSO
vftovp(1)
Donald Knuth, Virtual Fonts: More Fun for Grand Wizards, TUGboat 11(1), April 1990.

AUTHORS
Donald 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.