MFT(1)MFT(1)NAMEmft - translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprint-
ing
SYNOPSISmft mf_file_name[.mf] [ [ -c ] or [ change_file_name[.ch]
] ] [ [ -s ] or [ style_file_name[.mft] ] ]
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 mft program creates a TeX file from a Metafont pro-
gram. It takes appropriate care of typographic details
like page layout and the use of indentation, italics,
boldface, etc., as illustrated in the book Computer Modern
Typefaces. Special conventions in Metafont comments allow
you to control things that would not otherwise come out
right; section 1 of the MFT source program in the Meta-
fontware report explains these rules.
The command line has one required file name and two
optional file names. The required one is a Metafont
source file; there is also an optional change file (which
works just as the change files to tangle(1) and weave(1)
do) and an optional style file (which is prepended to
everything).
A file name that doesn't contain a dot is always given an
extension, either .mf (Metafont) or .ch (change) or .mft
(style). If no style file is specified, the style file
plain.mft is automatically used. The change_file_name is
not searched for using any paths. The .mf file is searched
for using the MFINPUTS environment variable if you have
set it, or else the system default. The style file is
searched for using the TEXINPUTS environment variable.
See tex(1) for the details of the searching.
The output TeX file name is formed by using .tex in place
of the extension of mf_file_name.
OPTIONS
Specify command-line options -c to suppress the reading of
a change file, and -s to suppress the reading of a style
file.
FILES
mftmac.tex
TeX macros used by mft output.
plain.mft
Default style file.
cmbase.mft
Style file for Computer Modern.
SEE ALSOmf(1), weave(1).
Donald E. Knuth, Computer Modern Typefaces (Volume E of
Computers and Typesetting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN
0-201-13446-2.
Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.
AUTHORS
Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, and he ported it to
Unix with the help of Pierre MacKay and the Unix port of
weave by Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis. The program is
published in the Metafontware technical report, available
from the TeX Users Group.
Web2C 7.4.5 14 December 1993 MFT(1)
