Man page 1 : pktogf

pktogf - convert packed font files to generic font files

pktogf [

-v ] pk_file_name[ gf_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

pktogf program converts a packed font file ( pk ) to a generic font file ( gf ). Packed font files are much smaller than the corresponding gffiles, but some DVI readers only understand gffiles.

The pk_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 gf_file_namedefaults to the same (stripped) name as pk_file_name , and it is placed in the current working directory with the gfsuffix replacing pk . For example, the input file io.300pkwould become io.300gf .

Unless the

-v switch is given,

pktogf operates silently. With

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

pktogf looks for pk_file_nameusing the environment variable PKFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the variable TEXPKS. If that is not set, it uses TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the system default.

See

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

R gftopk (1),

R gftype (1),

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

Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. Pierre MacKay adapted it for compilation with

R web2c .