{ "mode": "man", "parameter": "ttf2pk", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ttf2pk/1/json", "generated": "2026-06-15T16:42:08Z", "synopsis": "ttf2pk [-q] [-n] font-name resolution\nttf2pk -t [-q] font-name\nttf2pk --version | --help", "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "ttf2pk - convert a TrueType font into TeX's PK format\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "ttf2pk [-q] [-n] font-name resolution\nttf2pk -t [-q] font-name\nttf2pk --version | --help\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "This program converts a TrueType font into a PK file; the created font can then be used with\nTeX or LaTeX.\n\nCJKV (Chinese/Japanese/Korean/old Vietnamese) subfonts as created by ttf2tfm are also sup‐\nported.\n\nttf2pk always assumes 10pt as the design size for the written TeX font.\n", "subsections": [] }, "PARAMETERS": { "content": "", "subsections": [ { "name": "-q", "content": "cept warning and error messages.\n", "flag": "-q" }, { "name": "-n", "content": "", "flag": "-n" }, { "name": "-t", "content": "sponding line of a map file (default: ttfonts.map), provided the -q switch isn't set.\n\nfont-name\nThe TeX name of the font. ttf2pk looks this name up in a map file (see below) for\nfurther information how to process the font.\n\nresolution\nThe resolution, given in dots per inch. Currently the horizontal resolution is equal\nto the vertical resolution. The design size is always assumed to be 10pt.\n", "flag": "-t" }, { "name": "--version", "content": "Shows the current version of ttf2pk and the used file search library (e.g. kpathsea).\n\n--help Shows usage information.\n\nEnvironment variables for file searching are described in the manual page of ttf2tfm.\n", "long": "--version" } ] }, "THE CONFIGURATION FILE": { "content": "ttf2pk uses a small configuration file called ttf2pk.cfg; in each line it contains a keyword\nwith its value, separated by whitespace. Comment lines can start with any of the following\ncharacters: `*', `#', `;', and `%'. Leading whitespace is ignored.\n\nCurrently, only one keyword, `map', is recognized in this file; it takes a map file name as a\nparameter. If no extension is given to the map file name, .map is appended. No whitespace\nis allowed in the map file name. The `map' keyword can be given more than once to specify\nmultiple map files; if the map file name is prepended by a plus sign, it is added to the list\nof map files to be used. Example:\n\nmap foo\nmap +bar\n\nThis makes ttf2pk to first read foo.map, then bar.map.\n\nIf the configuration file is not found, ttf2pk tries to use ttfonts.map instead.\n", "subsections": [] }, "MAP FILES": { "content": "Parameters specified to ttf2tfm are preserved for ttf2pk in map files—ttf2tfm writes out to\nstandard output, as the last line, a proper entry for a map file.\n\nAs an example, a call to\n\nttf2tfm arial -p T1.enc -s 0.25 -P 1 -E 0 arials\n\nwill produce the following line:\n\narials arial Slant=0.25 Pid=1 Eid=0 Encoding=T1.enc\n\nSee ttf2tfm(1) and afm2tfm(1) of the dvips package for a detailed description of encoding\nfiles.\n\nHere a table listing the various ttf2tfm parameters and the corresponding entries in a map\nfile:\n\n-s Slant\n-e Extend\n-p Encoding\n-f Fontindex\n-P Pid\n-E Eid\n-n PS=Yes\n-N PS=Only\n-R Replacement\n-x Rotate=Yes\n-y Y-Offset\n\nSingle replacement glyph names given to ttf2tfm with `-r old-glyphname new-glyphname' are di‐\nrectly specified with `old-glyphname=new-glyphname'. They will be ignored if in subfont mode\nor if no encoding file is given.\n\nOne additional parameter in a map file is unique to ttf2pk: `Hinting', which can take the\nvalues `On' or `Off'. Some fonts (e.g. the CJK part of cyberbit.ttf) are rendered incorrect‐\nly if hinting is activated. Default is `On' (you can also use `Yes', `No', `1', and `0').\n\nFor a description of subfonts (i.e., entries of the form `@@') please\nrefer to ttf2tfm(1).\n\nThe format of a map file is simple. Each line defines a font; first comes the TeX font name,\nthen its TrueType font file name, followed by the parameters in any order. Case is signifi‐\ncant (even for parameter names); the parameters are separated from its values by an equal\nsign, with whitespace possibly surrounding it. ttf2pk reads in all map files line by line in\nthe order given in the configuration file, continuing until the TeX font specified on the\ncommand line is found, otherwise the programs exits with error code 2. Thus you can use any\ncharacter invalid in a TeX font name to start a comment line.\n\nYou can use `\\' as the final character of a line to indicate that the input is continued on\nthe next line. The backslash and the following newline character will be removed.\n\nttf2pk will abort if it can't find or read the TeX font metrics file of the given TeX font\nname.\n", "subsections": [] }, "RETURN VALUE": { "content": "If the call was successful, 0 will be returned. In case of error, the return value is 1.\nFinally, if the font can't be found in the map files, 2 is returned. This simplifies the in‐\nclusion of ttf2pk into scripts like mktexpk for automatic font generation.\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "ttf2tfm(1), afm2tfm(1)\n", "subsections": [] }, "AVAILABILITY": { "content": "ttf2pk is part of the FreeType 1 package, a high quality TrueType rendering library.\n", "subsections": [] }, "AUTHORS": { "content": "Werner LEMBERG \nFrédéric LOYER \n\n\n\nFreeType2 version 04-May-2011 TTF2PK(1)", "subsections": [] } }, "summary": "ttf2pk - convert a TrueType font into TeX's PK format", "flags": [], "examples": [], "see_also": [ { "name": "ttf2tfm", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ttf2tfm/1/json" }, { "name": "afm2tfm", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/afm2tfm/1/json" } ] }