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VFTOVP(1)                              General Commands Manual                             VFTOVP(1)

NAME
       vftovp - convert virtual font (vf) files to virtual property lists (vpl)

SYNOPSIS
       vftovp [OPTIONS] vf_name[.vf] [tfm_name[.tfm] [vpl_name[.vpl]]]

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documentation for this version
       of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.

       The vftovp program translates a (program-oriented) virtual font file and its accompanying TeX
       font metric file to a (human-oriented) property list file.  Thus, the  virtual  font  can  be
       edited,  and  its  exact contents can be displayed mnemonically.  It also serves as a VF-file
       validating program; if no error messages are given, the input files are correct.

       The filenames are extended with the appropriate extension if necessary.

OPTIONS
       -charcode-format=format
              The argument format specifies how character codes are output in the VPL 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, when all 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.  On the other hand, if format is octal, all character  codes  are
              output in octal.

       -verbose
              Without  this option, vftovp operates silently.  With it, a banner and progress report
              are printed on stdout.

ENVIRONMENT
       vftovp looks for vf_name using the environment variable VFFONTS.  If that is not set, it uses
       the variable TEXFONTS.  If that is not set, it uses the system default.

       See tex(1) for the details of the searching.

SEE ALSO
       pltotf(1), tftopl(1), vptovf(1).

AUTHORS
       Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David Fuchs, starting with the
       code for tftopl(1).  Karl Berry adapted it for compilation with web2c.

Web2C 2023                                  16 June 2015                                   VFTOVP(1)