NAME
mktexpk - create a PK file for a font
SYNOPSIS
mktexpk [options] font
[redirect]
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 Kpathsea: A library for path
searching.
mktexpk is used to generate a pk file from the
Metafont source files or type1 sources for font, if
possible.
If redirect is given, it must be string of the form
>&n where n is the number of the file
descriptor which is to receive, instead of standard output, the
name of the generated file.
mktexpk is typically called by other programs, rather
than from the command line.
OPTIONS
mktexpk accepts the following options:
- --bdpi num
- Set the base device resolution.
- --dpi num
- Generate the font at resolution num.
- --help
- Print help message and exit.
- --mag mag
- The Metafont magnification that corresponds to the combination
of bdpi and dpi that has been specified.
- --mfmode mode
- The Metafont mode to use.
- --destdir dir
- A directory name. If the directory is absolute, it is used
as-is. Otherwise, it is appended to the root destination directory
set in the script.
- --version
- Print version information and exit.
BUGS
If the mode is not specified, mktexpk
tries to determine it from bdpi. The manner in which this is
done is primitive. Since bpdi doesn't provide sufficient
information to uniquely determine a mode it is strongly
recommended that it be specified explicitly.
If the mode and bpdi don't match, the mode
is discarded.
The dpi parameter is redundant, but is not checked for
consistency. Worse, the program will fail if the wrong dpi
is specified.
SEE ALSO
mktexmf(1),
mktextfm(1).