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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 resolu-
     tion 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 de-
     faults 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 ver-
     sion 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  Metafont-
     ware  technical  report, available from the TeX Users Group.  Paul Richards
     originally ported it to Unix.

Web2C 2025			  16 June 2015			       GFTOPK(1)

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