{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "pktype",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pktype/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-02T23:33:03Z",
    "synopsis": "pktype pkfile[pk]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "pktype pkfile[pk]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documentation for this version\nof TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.\n\nThe pktype program translates a packed font file (pk) (output by, for example, gftopk(1) to a\nfile  that  humans  can read. It also serves as a pk file-validating program (i.e., if pktype\ncan read it, it's correct) and as an example of a pk-reading program for other software  that\nwants to read pk files.\n\nThe input pkfile on the command line may omit the suffix `pk.  The plain text translation is\nalways written to standard output.\n\nThe output file gives a compact encoding of the packed encoding, using conventions  described\nin  the  source code. Run lengths of black pixels alternate with parenthesized run lengths of\nwhite pixels, and brackets are used to indicate when a row should be repeated.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT": {
            "content": "pktype looks for pkfile in the usual places according to Kpathsea.\n\nSee tex(1) for the details of the searching.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "dvitype(1), gftopk(1), gftype(1).\nDonald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Tomas Rokicki wrote the program, Donald E. Knuth originally ported it to Unix, Pierre  MacKay\noriginally adapted it for compilation with Web2c.\n\n\n\nWeb2C 2022/dev                              16 June 2015                                   PKTYPE(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "dvitype",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dvitype/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "gftopk",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gftopk/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "gftype",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gftype/1/json"
        }
    ]
}