PLTOTF(1)                                                         PLTOTF(1)
                              27 December 1992






 NAME
      pltotf - convert property list files to TeX font metric (tfm) format


 SYNOPSIS
      pltotf [ -verbose ] pl_file_name tfm_file_name


 DESCRIPTION
      The pltotf program translates a (human-oriented) Web property list
      file to a (program-oriented) TeX font metric file. Thus, after editing
      the property list file, a TFM file can be generated for use with, for
      example, tex(1).


      Both the pl_file_name and the tfm_file_name must be complete; no
      adding of default extensions or path searching is done.


 OPTIONS
      Without the -verbose option, pltotf operates silently.  With it, a
      banner and progress report are printed on stdout.


 SEE ALSO
      tftopl(1).
      Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.
      Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook, (Volume C of Computers and
      Typesetting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.


 AUTHORS
      Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part of the
      TeXware technical report, available from the TeX Users Group.  Howard
      Trickey, Pavel Curtis, and Richard Furuta originally ported it to
      Unix.
















































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