PKTOGF(1)                   General Commands Manual                  PKTOGF(1)

NAME
       pktogf - convert packed font files to generic font files

SYNOPSIS
       pktogf [-v] pk_file_name [gf_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 pktogf program converts a packed font file (pk) to a generic font
       file (gf).  Packed font files are much smaller than the corresponding
       gf files, but some DVI readers only understand gf files.

       The pk_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
       gf_file_name defaults to the same (stripped) name as pk_file_name, and
       it is placed in the current working directory with the gf suffix
       replacing pk.  For example, the input file io.300pk would become
       io.300gf.

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

ENVIRONMENT
       pktogf looks for pk_file_name using the environment variable PKFONTS.
       If that is not set, it uses the variable TEXPKS.  If that is not set,
       it uses TEXFONTS.  If that is not set, it uses the system default.

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

SEE ALSO
       gftopk(1), gftype(1), pktype(1).
       Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.

AUTHORS
       Tomas Rokicki wrote the program.  Pierre MacKay adapted it for
       compilation with web2c.

Web2C 2020                       16 June 2015                        PKTOGF(1)