PKTOGF

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Updated: 9/19/88
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NAME

pktogf - convert packed font files to generic font files

SYNOPSIS

pktogf [-v] pk_file_name [gf_file_name]

DESCRIPTION

Gftopk converts a packed font file back to a generic font file for use by dvi-reading programs. Packed font files are much smaller than the corresponding gf files, but many devices use generic font files.

The pk 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 gf file name defaults to the same stripped name as the pk file, and it is placed in the current working directory with the `gf' extension replacing `pk'. For example, the input file io.300pk would become io.300gf.

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

AUTHORS

Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. Pierre MacKay adapted it for compilation under web2c.