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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "tftopl",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tftopl/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-16T10:02:34Z",
    "synopsis": "tftopl [OPTIONS] tfmname[.tfm] [plname[.pl]]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property lists\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "tftopl [OPTIONS] tfmname[.tfm] [plname[.pl]]\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 tftopl program translates a (program-oriented) font metric  file  to  a  (human-oriented)\nproperty  list  file.  Thus, you can edit the contents of the TFM files, if the font designer\nhas not done his or her job properly, or if you're encountering strange difficulties,  or  if\nyou're just curious.  It also serves as a TFM-file validating program, i.e., if no error mes‐\nsages are given, the input file is correct.\n\nThe plname is extended with .pl if it lacks a suffix.  If plname  is  not  given,  standard\noutput  is  used.  Likewise, tfmname is extended with .tfm if it lacks a suffix.  Also, path\nsearching is done for the TFM file using the environment variable TEXFONTS.  If that  is  not\nset, tftopl uses the system default.\n\nSee tex(1) for the details of the searching.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-charcode-format=",
                    "content": "The  argument  format specifies how character codes are output in the PL file.  By de‐\nfault, only letters and digits are output using the C integer code (i.e.,  in  ASCII);\nthe others are output in octal.  (Unless the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math\nsy or TeX math ex, in which case all character codes are output in octal.)  If  format\nis  ascii, all character codes that correspond to graphic characters, besides the left\nand right parentheses, are output in ASCII.  Finally, if format is octal, all  charac‐\nter codes are output in octal.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-verbose",
                    "content": "Without  this option, tftopl operates silently.  With it, a banner and progress report\nare printed on stdout.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "pltotf(1),\nDonald E. Knuth, TeXware.\nDonald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook (Volume C of Computers  and  Typesetting),  Addison-Wesley,\n1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Donald  E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part of the TeXware technical report,\navailable from the TeX Users Group.  Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally ported it  to\nUnix.\n\n\n\nWeb2C 2022/dev                              16 June 2015                                   TFTOPL(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property lists",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "The argument format specifies how character codes are output in the PL file. By de‐ fault, only letters and digits are output using the C integer code (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output in octal. (Unless the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math sy or TeX math ex, in which case all character codes are output in octal.) If format is ascii, all character codes that correspond to graphic characters, besides the left and right parentheses, are output in ASCII. Finally, if format is octal, all charac‐ ter codes are output in octal."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Without this option, tftopl operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "pltotf",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pltotf/1/json"
        }
    ]
}