# phpman > man > uptftopl(1)

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## NAME
       ptftopl, uptftopl - Convert Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) files to propery list

## SYNOPSIS
       **ptftopl** [_OPTIONS_] _tfm_name_[**.tfm**] [_pl_name_[**.pl**]]

## DESCRIPTION
       The  **ptftopl** program translates a Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) file to a Japanese property
       list (JPL) file.  It also serves as a TFM/JFM-file validating program.

       The **uptftopl** program is a Unicode-enabled version of ptftopl.

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

       **(u)ptftopl** is upper compatible with **tftopl**; if the input TFM file is for roman fonts,  it  is
       translated  into an ordinary property list file.  The difference between **ptftopl** and **uptftopl**
       lies in the internal encoding: when the input is a JFM file, **ptftopl** always treats  it  as  a
       JIS-encoded JFM; on the other hand, **uptftopl** treats it as a Unicode-encoded JFM by default.

## OPTIONS
       Compared to tftopl, the following option is added to **(u)ptftopl**.

### -kanji
              Sets  the  output  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**‐‐
              **tftopl** only).

       When  one  of _euc_, _jis_, _sjis_ or _utf8_ is specified, both **ptftopl** and **uptftopl** treats the input
       JFM as JIS-encoded.  When _uptex_ is specified with **uptftopl**, it treats the input JFM  as  Uni‐
       code-encoded.

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

## AUTHORS
       **(u)ptftopl**  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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