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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "afm2tfm",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/afm2tfm/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-07-05T13:15:27Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "afm2tfm - convert Adobe font metrics to TeX font metrics\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "PostScript fonts are (or should be) accompanied by font metric files such as Times-Roman.afm,\nwhich describes the characteristics of the font called Times-Roman.  To use such  fonts  with\nTeX, we need TFM files that contain similar information. This program does that conversion.\n\nFor all the details, see the dvips manual (http://tug.org/dvips).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "psfonts.map in the config directory used by dvips.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "dvips(1), tex(1), vptovf(1), fontinst(1), afm2pl(1), otftotfm(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "An  option  to  add  letterspacing to the virtual font was rejected by Knuth because it would\nmake the fi and fl ligatures break the normal rhythmic pattern.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Tomas Rokicki and Donald E. Knuth.\n\nMaintained in TeX Live; please send bug reports  or  other  correspondence  to  tex-k@tug.org\n(http://lists.tug.org/tex-k).\n\n\n\n1 February 2016                                AFM2TFM(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "afm2tfm - convert Adobe font metrics to TeX font metrics",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "dvips",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dvips/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "tex",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tex/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "vptovf",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vptovf/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "fontinst",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fontinst/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "afm2pl",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/afm2pl/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "otftotfm",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/otftotfm/1/json"
        }
    ]
}