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OFM2OPL(1)                             General Commands Manual                            OFM2OPL(1)



NAME
       ofm2opl - convert Omega and TeX font-metric files to property-list files

SYNOPSIS
       ofm2opl [options] ofmname[.ofm] [oplfile[.opl]]

DESCRIPTION
       ofm2opl translates a binary Omega Font Metrics file, ofmname, into a human-readable property-
       list form.  The program writes to standard output (by default) or  to  a  file  specified  as
       oplfile.

       The program also works with TeX TFM files, producing TeX PL files.

OPTIONS
       (Same as ovf2ovp).

       -charcode-format=type
              output  character  codes according to type, either `hex', `octal' or `ascii'.  Default
              is `hex'; `ascii' says to use ASCII for letters and digits, hex for all else.

       -char-format=stype
              output character codes according to stype, either `num' or `ascii'. Default is  `num';
              `ascii' as in -charcode-format.  (These two redundant options both exist only for his‐
              torical compatibility.)

       -num-format=ntype
              output numbers according to ntype, either `hex' or `octal'; default is hex.

       -text-format=ttype
              output coding scheme and family according to ttype, either `mixed'  or  `upper'  case;
              default is mixed.

       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options

       -verbose
              display progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit

FILES
       OFMNAME
              an Omega Font Metric file

       OPLFILE
              an Omega Property List file

BUGS
       Send  bug  reports to <http://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (mailing list); may also check if the same
       bug is present in tftopl(1).  General discussion of Omega (and Aleph) can take place  on  the
       <http://lists.tug.org/omega> mailing list.

SEE ALSO
       omega(1), aleph(1), opl2ofm(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1).

AUTHOR
       According to the WEB documentation:

              The  first TFtoPL program was designed by Leo Guibas in the summer of 1978.  Contribu‐
              tions by Frank Liang, Doug Wyatt, and Lyle Ramshaw also had a  significant  effect  on
              the evolution of the present code.

              Extensions for an enhanced ligature mechanism were added by D.E. Knuth in 1989.

              Extensions to handle extended font metric files (``OFM'') were added by John Plaice in
              December 1995 and January 1996, resulting in the new program OFM2OPL.

       ofm2opl is based on the WEB source code for tftopl(1), although nowadays it is a link to  om‐‐
       fonts, implemented entirely in C.

       The  primary  authors of Omega are John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.  Omega (and Aleph) are
       now maintained as part of TeX Live.

       This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <cmc AT debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux sys‐
       tem.   It  may be used by other distributions without contacting the author.  Any mistakes or
       omissions in the manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page
       should be directed to me (and not to the primary author).



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