GFTOPK

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Updated: 9/19/88
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NAME

gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files

SYNOPSIS

gftopk [-v] gf_file_name [pk_file_name]

DESCRIPTION

Gftopk converts a generic font file (output by Metafont) to a packed font file for use by dvi-reading programs. Packed font files are much smaller than the corresponding gf files, and it is rapidly becoming the font format of choice.

The gf filename on the command line must be complete. Because the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make sense to add on a default extension as is done with TeX or dvi-reading software. The pk file name defaults to the same stripped name as the gf file, and it is placed in the current working directory with the `pk' extension replacing `gf'. For example, the input file io.300gf would become io.300pk.

Unless the gf filename begins with a / (absolute path), gftopk will search the environment variable GFFONTS for an input directory path, and will default to the TEXFONTS directory path if GFFONTS does not exist. It runs absolutely silently, unless the -v flag is set.

AUTHORS

Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. The program was published as part of the MetafontWare technical report, available from Stanford. Pierre MacKay adapted it for compilation under web2c.