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
vftovp
program translates a (program-oriented) virtual font file and its
accompanying TeX font metric file to a (human-oriented) property list file.
Thus, the virtual font can be edited, and its exact contents can be
displayed mnemonically. It also serves as a VF-file validating program;
if no error messages are given, the input files are correct.
The filenames are extended with the appropriate extension if necessary.
OPTIONS
The argument
format
to
-charcode-format
specifies how character codes are output in the VPL file. By
default, only letters and digits are output using the
C
integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output in octal. (Unless
the font's coding scheme starts with
TeX math sy
or
TeX math ex,
when all are output in octal.) If
format
is
ascii,
all character codes that correspond to graphic characters, besides the
left and right parentheses, are output in ASCII. On the other hand, if
format
is
octal,
all character codes are output in octal.
Without the
-verbose
option,
vftovp
operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on
stdout.
ENVIRONMENT
vftovp
looks for
vf_name
using the
environment variable VFFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the variable
TEXFONTS. If that is not set, it uses the system default.
Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David Fuchs,
starting with the code for
tftopl(1).
Karl Berry adapted it for compilation with
web2c.
