# TTF2AFM(1) - man - phpman

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## NAME
       ttf2afm - utility to generate AFM files for TrueType fonts

## SYNOPSIS
       **ttf2afm** [_OPTIONS_] _FONTFILE_

## DESCRIPTION
       **ttf2afm**  is used to generate Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files for TrueType (TTF) fonts to allow
       them to be used with TeX.

       **ttf2afm** takes the name of a TrueType font file as a required argument.  It may also take  one
       or more options from the list below (**-i** and **-u** are mutually exclusive).

## OPTIONS
### -i

### -u

### -c
              write encoding tables to file _name.eMN_, where _M_ is the platform ID and _N_ is the encod‐
              ing ID

### -v

### -e

### -o
              output to file _outfile_ instead of standard output

### -m

       Platform numbers can be one of

       0      Apple Unicode

       1      Macintosh

       2      ISO

       3      Microsoft

       Encodings can be

       0      Roman (if platform is Macintosh)

       0      Symbol (if platform is Microsoft)

       1      Unicode (if platform is Microsoft)

## SEE ALSO
       [afm2tfm(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/afm2tfm/1/markdown),    [afm2pl(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/afm2pl/1/markdown).     FontForge    (<http://fontforge.sf.net>).      LCDF     TypeTools
       (<http://lcdf.org>).    A   closer   look   at   TrueType  fonts  and  pdfTeX,  Han  The  Thanh
       (<http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb30-1/tb94thanh.pdf>).

## BUGS
       Send bug reports to <<pdftex@tug.org>> (public mailing list).

## AUTHOR
       **ttf2afm** is part of pdfTeX and was written by Han The Thanh.

       This manual page was originally written by C.M. Connelly, for the  Debian  GNU/Linux  system,
       and updated by Karl Berry and others.



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