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PLtoTFDoc.tioga

Pavel, October 23, 1985 12:03:23 pm PDT

PLtoTF

CEDAR 6.0 — FOR INTERNAL XEROX USE ONLY

PLtoTF

Translating Property-lists to Font Metrics

Donald Knuth, Pavel Curtis

Abstract: PLtoTF is used for translating PL (``property list'') files into the TFM (``TeX Font Metric'') files used by TeX and Tioga for determining the widths of characters and other font information. PL files provide a textual format for TFM files, making it easier to create and edit them. There is a companion program, TFtoPL, which performs the opposite translation.

Created by: Donald Knuth, Pavel Curtis

Maintained by: Pavel Curtis <Pavel.pa>

Keywords: PL, TFM, TeX, Tioga, Font Metrics, Property Lists

XEROX Xerox Corporation
Palo Alto Research Center
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304

For Internal Xerox Use Only

1. Syntax

% PLtoTF fontname.pl

This command will create fontname.tfm from the description in fontname.pl.

2. PL-file format

Documentation on the format of PL files can be found in these files:

[Cedar]<CedarChest6.0>Documentation>PLFormatDoc.tex
[Cedar]<CedarChest6.0>Documentation>PLFormatDoc.press

It was extracted from the middle of the source of PLtoTF.