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    "mode": "info",
    "parameter": "gftopk",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/info/gftopk/json",
    "generated": "2026-11-15T01:30:24Z",
    "sections": {
        "File: web2c.info,  Node: gftopk invocation,  Next: pktogf invocation,  Prev: Font file formats,  Up: Font utilities": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "11.2 GFtoPK: Generic to packed font conversion",
                    "content": "GFtoPK converts a generic font (GF) file output by, for example,\nMetafont (*note mf invocation::) to a packed font (PK) file.  PK files\nare considerably smaller than the corresponding gf files, so they are\ngenerally the bitmap font format of choice.  Some DVI-processing\nprograms, notably Dvips, only support PK files and not GF files.\nSynopsis:\n\ngftopk [OPTION]... GFNAME.DPI[gf] [PKFILE]\n\nThe font GFNAME is searched for in the usual places (*note\n(kpathsea)Glyph lookup::).  To see all the relevant paths, set the\nenvironment variable 'KPATHSEADEBUG' to '-1' before running the\nprogram.\n\nThe suffix 'gf' is supplied if not already present.  This suffix is\nnot an extension; no '.' precedes it: for instance, 'cmr10.600gf'.\n\nIf PKFILE is not specified, the output is written to the basename of\n'GFNAME.DPIpk', e.g., 'gftopk /wherever/cmr10.600gf' creates\n'./cmr10.600pk'.\n\nThe only options are '--verbose', '--help', and '--version' (*note\nCommon options::).\n"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
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    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}