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## NAME
       ppltotf, uppltotf - Create Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM)

## SYNOPSIS
       **ppltotf** [_options_] _pl_file_name_[**.pl**] [_tfm_file_name_[**.tfm**]]

## DESCRIPTION
       The  **ppltotf**  program  translates a Japanese property list (JPL) file to a Japanese pTeX font
       metric (JFM) file.  The resulting JFM file can be used with pTeX and e-pTeX.

       The **uppltotf** program is a Unicode-enabled version of ppltotf.  The resulting JFM file can  be
       used with upTeX and e-upTeX.

       In the following sections, we refer to these programs as **(u)ppltotf**.

       **(u)ppltotf**  is  upper  compatible with **pltotf**; if the input PL file is for roman fonts, it is
       translated into an ordinary TeX font metric (TFM) file.  The difference between  **ppltotf**  and
       **uppltotf**  lies  in  the output encoding: **ppltotf** always outputs JIS-encoded JFM; on the other
       hand, **uppltotf** outputs Unicode-encoded JFM by default.

## OPTIONS
       Compared to pltotf, the following option is added to **(u)ppltotf**.

### -kanji
              Sets the input Japanese _Kanji_  code.   The  _string_  can  be  one  of  the  followings:
              _euc_ (EUC-JP),  _jis_ (ISO-2022-JP),  _sjis_ (Shift_JIS),  _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.

## SEE ALSO
       [**ptex**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ptex/1/markdown).

## AUTHORS
       **(u)ppltotf**  is maintained by Japanese TeX Development Community <<https://texjp.org>>.  For bug
       reports, open an issue at GitHub  repository  <<https://github.com/texjporg/tex-jp-build>>,  or
       send an e-mail to <<issue@texjp.org>>.

       This manual page was written by Hironobu Yamashita.



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