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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "ppltotf",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ppltotf/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-14T07:24:48Z",
    "synopsis": "ppltotf [options] plfilename[.pl] [tfmfilename[.tfm]]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "ppltotf, uppltotf - Create Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "ppltotf [options] plfilename[.pl] [tfmfilename[.tfm]]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The  ppltotf  program  translates a Japanese property list (JPL) file to a Japanese pTeX font\nmetric (JFM) file.  The resulting JFM file can be used with pTeX and e-pTeX.\n\nThe uppltotf program is a Unicode-enabled version of ppltotf.  The resulting JFM file can  be\nused with upTeX and e-upTeX.\n\nIn the following sections, we refer to these programs as (u)ppltotf.\n\n(u)ppltotf  is  upper  compatible with pltotf; if the input PL file is for roman fonts, it is\ntranslated into an ordinary TeX font metric (TFM) file.  The difference between  ppltotf  and\nuppltotf  lies  in  the output encoding: ppltotf always outputs JIS-encoded JFM; on the other\nhand, uppltotf outputs Unicode-encoded JFM by default.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "Compared to pltotf, the following option is added to (u)ppltotf.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-kanji",
                    "content": "Sets the input Japanese Kanji  code.   The  string  can  be  one  of  the  followings:\neuc (EUC-JP),  jis (ISO-2022-JP),  sjis (ShiftJIS),  utf8 (UTF-8),  uptex (UTF-8; up‐‐\npltotf only).\n\nWhen one of euc, jis, sjis or utf8 is specified, both ppltotf and uppltotf output  a  JIS-en‐\ncoded JFM.  When uptex is specified with uppltotf, it outputs a Unicode-encoded JFM.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "ptex(1).\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "(u)ppltotf  is maintained by Japanese TeX Development Community <https://texjp.org>.  For bug\nreports, open an issue at GitHub  repository  <https://github.com/texjporg/tex-jp-build>,  or\nsend an e-mail to <issue@texjp.org>.\n\nThis manual page was written by Hironobu Yamashita.\n\n\n\nWeb2C 2022/dev                              15 March 2019                                 PPLTOTF(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "ppltotf, uppltotf - Create Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM)",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Sets the input Japanese Kanji code. The string can be one of the followings: euc (EUC-JP), jis (ISO-2022-JP), sjis (ShiftJIS), utf8 (UTF-8), uptex (UTF-8; up‐‐ pltotf only). When one of euc, jis, sjis or utf8 is specified, both ppltotf and uppltotf output a JIS-en‐ coded JFM. When uptex is specified with uppltotf, it outputs a Unicode-encoded JFM."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "ptex",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ptex/1/json"
        }
    ]
}