GFTOPK(1)GFTOPK(1)NAMEgftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files
SYNOPSISgftopk [ -v ] gf_file_name [ pk_file_name ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The com-
plete documentation for this version of TeX 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, mf(1), to a packed font file for use by DVI-
reading programs. Packed font files (pk files) are much
smaller than the corresponding gf files, so they are gen-
erally the font format of choice.
The gf_file_name on 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 TeX or DVI-reading software. The pk_file_name
defaults to the same (stripped) name as gf_file_name, and
it is placed in the current working directory with the pk
suffix replacing gf. For example, the input file
cmr10.300gf would become cmr10.300pk.
OPTIONS
Unless the -v switch is given, gftopk operates silently.
With -v, the version number of the program and statistics
about the packing are output to stdout.
ENVIRONMENTgftopk looks for gf_file_name first in the current direc-
tory. If it is not present there, it uses the environment
variable GFFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the vari-
able TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the system
default.
See tex(1) for the details of the searching.
SEE ALSOgftype(1), pktogf(1), pktype(1).
Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.
AUTHORS
Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as part
of the Metafontware technical report, available from the
TeX Users Group. Paul Richards originally ported it to
Unix.
Web2C 7.4.5 14 December 1993 GFTOPK(1)
