GFTOPK(1)                   General Commands Manual                  GFTOPK(1)

NAME
       gftopk - convert generic font files to packed font files

SYNOPSIS
       gftopk [-v] gf_file_name [pk_file_name]

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 gftopk program converts a generic font file output by, for example,
       mf(1), to a packed font file for use by DVI-reading programs. Packed
       font files (pk files) are much smaller than the corresponding gf files,
       so they are generally the font format of choice.

       The gf_file_name on the command line must be complete. Because the
       resolution is part of the extension, it would not make sense to append
       a default extension as is done with TeX or DVI-reading software. The
       pk_file_name defaults to the same (stripped) name as gf_file_name, and
       it is placed in the current working directory with the pk suffix
       replacing gf.  For example, the input file cmr10.300gf would become
       cmr10.300pk.

OPTIONS
       Unless the -v switch is given, gftopk operates silently.  With -v, the
       version number of the program and statistics about the packing are
       output to stdout.

ENVIRONMENT
       gftopk looks for gf_file_name first in the current directory.  If it is
       not present there, it uses the environment variable GFFONTS.  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
       gftype(1), pktogf(1), pktype(1).
       Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.

AUTHORS
       Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as part of the
       Metafontware technical report, available from the TeX Users Group.
       Paul Richards originally ported it to Unix.

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