Man page 1 : gftopk

gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files

gftopk [

-v ] gf_file_name[ pk_file_name]

This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of \*(TX can be found in the info file or manual "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .

The

gftopk program converts a generic font file output by, for example,

R mf (1), to a packed font file for use by DVI-reading programs. Packed font files ( pk " files)" are much smaller than the corresponding gffiles, so they are generally the font format of choice.

The gf_file_nameon the command line must be complete. Because the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make sense to append a default extension as is done with \*(TX or DVI-reading software. The pk_file_namedefaults to the same (stripped) name as gf_file_name , and it is placed in the current working directory with the pksuffix replacing gf . For example, the input file cmr10.300gfwould become cmr10.300pk .

Unless the

-v switch is given,

gftopk operates silently. With

R -v , the version number of the program and statistics about the packing are output to stdout .

gftopk looks for gf_file_namefirst in the current directory. If it is not present there, it uses the environment variable GFFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the variable TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the system default.

See

R tex (1) for the details of the searching.

R gftype (1),

R pktogf (1),

R pktype (1).
Donald E. Knuth et al., \*(MFware .

Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as part of the \*(MFwaretechnical report, available from the \*(TX Users Group. Paul Richards originally ported it to Unix.