VPTOVF(1L)

NAME
vptovf - convert virtual property list files to virtual fonts

SYNOPSIS
vptovf vpl_file_name vf_file_name tfm_file_name

DESCRIPTION
VPtoVF translates a (human-readable) property list file to a pair of (program-readable) files in the VF (virtual font) and TFM (Tex font metric) formats. Thus, a virtual font file can be edited and its exact contents can be displayed mnemonically. New virtual fonts, which map characters as seen by TeX into an arbitrary sequence of low-level typesetting operations, can also be easily created in this way.

All three file names, vpl_file_name, vf_file_name, and tfm_file_name, must be complete. No adding of default extensions is done.

AUTHOR
Donald Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David Fuchs, starting with the code for PLtoTF.