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## 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=
              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=
              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=
              output numbers according to _ntype_, either `hex' or `octal'; default is hex.

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

### -help

### -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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tftopl/1/markdown).  General discussion of Omega (and Aleph) can take place  on  the
       <<http://lists.tug.org/omega>> mailing list.

## SEE ALSO
       [**omega**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/omega/1/markdown), [**aleph**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/aleph/1/markdown), [**opl2ofm**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/opl2ofm/1/markdown), [**pltotf**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pltotf/1/markdown), [**tftopl**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tftopl/1/markdown).

## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tftopl/1/markdown), 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@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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