{
    "mode": "info",
    "parameter": "pltotf",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/info/pltotf/json",
    "generated": "2026-11-15T16:29:15Z",
    "sections": {
        "File: web2c.info,  Node: pltotf invocation,  Next: vftovp invocation,  Prev: tftopl invocation,  Up: Font utilities": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "11.7 PLtoTF: Property list to TeX font metric conversion",
                    "content": "PLtoTF translates a property list file (as output by TFtoPL, for\nexample) to TeX font metric (TFM, *note (dvips)Metric files::) format."
                }
            ]
        },
        "It's much easier for both programs and humans to create the (plain text)": {
            "content": "property list files and let PLtoTF take care of creating the binary TFM\nequivalent than to output TFM files directly.  Synopsis:\n\npltotf [OPTION]... PLFILE[.pl] [TFMFILE[.tfm]]\n\nIf TFMFILE (extended with '.tfm' if necessary) is not specified, the\nTFM file is written to the basename of 'PLFILE.tfm', e.g., 'pltotf\n/wherever/cmr10.pl' creates './cmr10.tfm'.  (Since TFM files are binary,\nwriting to standard output by default is undesirable.)\n\nThe only options are '-verbose', '-help', and '-version' (*note\nCommon options::).\n\nFor an example of property list format, see the previous section.\n",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}