NAME
vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual
font metrics
SYNOPSIS
vptovf [ -verbose ]
vpl_name[.vpl] vfm_name[.vf] tfm_name[.tfm]
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 Web2C: A TeX implementation.
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 filenames, vpl_name, vf_name, and
tfm_name, are extended with the appropriate suffix, if they
lack one.
OPTIONS
Without the -verbose option, vptovf
operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are
printed on stdout.
SEE ALSO
pltotf(1),
tftopl(1),
vftovp(1).
AUTHORS
Donald E. 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.