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HPFTODIT(1) General Commands Manual HPFTODIT(1)
NAME
hpftodit - create font description files for use with groff -Tlj4
SYNOPSIS
hpftodit [-aqs] [-i n] tfm-file map-file output-font
hpftodit -d tfm-file [map-file]
hpftodit --help
hpftodit -v
hpftodit --version
DESCRIPTION
hpftodit creates a font file for use with a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4-series (or newer)
printer with groff -Tlj4, using data from an HP tagged font metric (TFM) file. tfm-file
is the name of the TFM file for the font; Intellifont and TrueType TFM files are sup-
ported, but symbol set TFM files are not. map-file is a file giving the groff names for
characters in the font; this file should consist of a sequence of lines of the form:
m u c1 c2 ... [# comment]
where m is a decimal integer giving the MSL (Master Symbol List) number of the character,
u is a hexadecimal integer giving the Unicode value of the character, and c1, c2, ... are
the groff names of the character (see groff_char(7) for a list). The values can be sepa-
rated by any whitespace; the Unicode value must use uppercase digits A-F, and must be
without a leading '0x', 'u', or 'U+'. Unicode values corresponding to composite glyphs
are decomposed; e.g., 'u00C0' becomes 'u0041_0300'. The name for a glyph without a groff
name may be given as uXXXX if the glyph corresponds to a Unicode value, or as an unnamed
glyph '---'. If the given Unicode value is in the Private Use Area (0xE000-0xF8FF), the
glyph is included as an unnamed glyph. Refer to groff_diff(1) for additional information
about unnamed glyphs and how to access them.
Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored. A '#' following one or more groff
names begins a comment. Because '#' is a valid groff name, it must appear first in a list
of groff names if a comment is included, e.g.,
3 0023 # # number sign
or
3 0023 # sh # number sign
rather than
3 0023 sh # # number sign
which will treat the first '#' as the beginning of the comment.
The groff font file is written to the specified output-font; if this operand is '-', the
font file is written to the standard output.
The -s option should be given if the font is special (a font is "special" if groff should
search it whenever a character is not found in the current font). If the font is special,
it should be listed in the fonts command in the DESC file; if it is not special, there is
no need to list it, since groff can automatically mount it when it's first used.
If the -i option is used, hpftodit automatically will generate an italic correction, a
left italic correction and a subscript correction for each character (the significance of
these parameters is explained in groff_font(5)).
OPTIONS
-a Include characters in the TFM file that are not included in map-file. A glyph with
corresponding Unicode value is given the name uXXXX; a glyph without a Unicode
value is included as an unnamed glyph '---'. A glyph with a Unicode value in the
Private Use Area (0xE000-0xF8FF) also is included as an unnamed glyph.
This option provides a simple means of adding Unicode-named and unnamed glyphs to a
font without including them in the map file, but it affords little control over
which glyphs are placed in a regular font and which are placed in a special font.
The presence or absence of the -s option has some effect on which glyphs are in-
cluded: without the -s option, only the "text" symbol sets are searched for match-
ing glyphs; with the -s option, only the "mathematical" symbol sets are searched.
Nonetheless, restricting the symbol sets searched isn't very selective--many glyphs
are placed in both regular and special fonts. Normally, the -a option should be
used only as a last resort.
-d Dump information about the TFM file to the standard output; this option can be use-
ful for ensuring that a TFM file is a proper match for a font, and that the con-
tents of the TFM file are suitable. The information includes the values of impor-
tant TFM tags, and a listing (by MSL number for Intellifont TFM files or by Unicode
value for TrueType TFM files) of the glyphs included in the TFM file. The unit of
measure 'DU' for some tags indicates design units; there are 8782 design units per
em for Intellifont fonts, and 2048 design units per em for TrueType fonts. Note
that the accessibility of a glyph depends on its inclusion in a symbol set; some
TFM files list many glyphs but only a few symbol sets.
The glyph listing includes the glyph index within the TFM file, the MSL or Unicode
value, and the symbol set and character code that will be used to print the glyph.
If map-file is given, groff names are given for matching glyphs. If only the glyph
index and MSL or Unicode value are given, the glyph does not appear in any sup-
ported symbol set and cannot be printed.
With the -d option, map-file is optional, and output-font is ignored if given.
-q Suppress warnings about characters in the map file that were not found in the TFM
file. Warnings never are given for unnamed glyphs or by glyphs named by their Uni-
code values. This option is useful when sending the output of hpftodit to the
standard output.
-v Print the hpftodit version number and exit.
-s The font is special. This option adds the special command to the font file, and
affects the order in which HP symbol sets are searched for each glyph. Without the
-s option, the "text" sets are searched before the "mathematical" symbol sets.
With the -s option, the search order is reversed.
-in Generate an italic correction for each character so that the character's width plus
the character's italic correction is equal to n thousandths of an em plus the
amount by which the right edge of the character's bounding is to the right of the
character's origin. If this would result in a negative italic correction, use a
zero italic correction instead.
Also generate a subscript correction equal to the product of the tangent of the
slant of the font and four fifths of the x-height of the font. If this would re-
sult in a subscript correction greater than the italic correction, use a subscript
correction equal to the italic correction instead.
Also generate a left italic correction for each character equal to n thousandths of
an em plus the amount by which the left edge of the character's bounding box is to
the left of the character's origin. The left italic correction may be negative.
This option normally is needed only with italic or oblique fonts; a value of 50
(0.05 em) usually is a reasonable choice.
FILES
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devlj4/DESC
device description file
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devlj4/F
Font description file for font F
/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devlj4/generate/*.map
symbol mapping files
SEE ALSO
groff(1), groff_diff(1), grolj4(1), groff_font(5), lj4_font(5)
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