# phpman > man > pltotf(1)

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## NAME
       pltotf - convert property list files to TeX font metric (tfm) format

## SYNOPSIS
       **pltotf** [**-verbose**] _pl_file_name_[**.pl**] [_tfm_file_name_[**.tfm**]]

## DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documentation for this version
       of TeX can be found in the info file or manual _Web2C:_ _A_ _TeX_ _implementation_.

       The **pltotf** program translates a (human-oriented) property list file to  a  (program-oriented)
       TeX font metric file. Thus, after editing the property list file, a TFM file can be generated
       for use with, for example, [**tex**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tex/1/markdown).

       The _pl_file_name_ is extended with **.pl** if it lacks a suffix. No path searching is done.

       If no _tfm_file_name_ is given, the basename of _pl_file_name_ with suffix **.tfm** is  used;  other‐
       wise _tfm_file_name_ is extended with **.tfm** if it lacks a suffix.

## OPTIONS
       Without the **-verbose** option, **pltotf** operates silently.  With it, a banner and progress report
       are printed on _stdout_.

## SEE ALSO
       [**tftopl**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tftopl/1/markdown).
       Donald E. Knuth, _TeXware_.
       Donald E. Knuth, _The_ _Metafontbook_, (Volume C of _Computers_ _and_  _Typesetting_),  Addison-Wesley,
       1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.

## AUTHORS
       Donald  E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part of the _TeXware_ technical report,
       available from the TeX Users Group.  Howard Trickey, Pavel Curtis, and Richard Furuta  origi‐
       nally ported it to Unix.



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