MFTRACE(1) General Commands Manual MFTRACE(1) NAME mftrace - convert METAFONT format fonts into Type1 outline fonts SYNOPSIS mftrace [options] fontname DESCRIPTION mftrace is a program that can convert a METAFONT font into a Type1 font. It is simply called with the name of the font (without a `.mf' suffix) and produces a Type1 font file called either fontname.pfa or fontname.pfb de- pending on the command line options. With the help of fontforge(1) it can produce other font formats too. For tracing the bitmap, mftrace either uses potrace(1) or autotrace(1) (the former preferred) if available; this can be overridden with the --autotrace and --potrace command line options. OPTIONS This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). -k, --keep Keep all output in directory `mftrace.dir'. --magnification=MAG The magnification to use for the PFA file. The default is 1000. The larger the magnification, the more precise the PFA file will be. However, if the magnification is too large METAFONT can crash with overflow errors. Sadly, many MF fonts contain resolution checks if dots_per_inch * design_size > 1500: This check is susceptible to overflow errors. Such code should be reported as a bug, and changed to if dots_per_inch > (1500 / design_size): --formats=FMT1,FMT2,... Specify which formats to generate (default is pfa). Choices are: `afm', `pfa', `pfb', `ttf', `svg'. Note that fontforge (formerly called pfaedit) must be installed to generate any format except `pfa' or `pfb'. For generating `afm' you need either fontforge or ghostscript. --simplify This passes the created Type1 font to fontforge (formerly called pfaedit) to simplify and autohint it. --gffile=FILE Use generic font file FILE instead of running Metafont. (GF is the default output format of Metafont.) -I DIR, --include=DIR Add DIR to the current path for searching files. --glyphs=LIST Process only these glyphs. LIST is a comma separated list of deci- mal numbers or ranges, for example `1-10,50,55,90-100'. --tfmfile=FILE Use FILE for the TFM file. (The default is to use fontname.tfm). -e ENC, --encoding=ENC Use encoding file ENC. Encoding files used by mftrace are basically in the GhostScript/dvips format, but you may use a special .notavail glyph name in order to tell mftrace not to process a specific glyph. If this option is not specified, mftrace tries to determine the en- coding file automatically, from the encoding specified in the TFM file, the default being `tex256.enc'. --keep-trying Try to continue if external programs called by mftrace fail. If METAFONT crashes with overflow errors, but nevertheless outputs a GF file, try to process its output as is (useful for some buggy fonts, see above). If potrace or autotrace fail to trace a specific char- acter, first try it with a less smoothed curve, and if that fails, skip the character. By default, mftrace leaves a file `trace-bug-font-char.pbm' and stops the process with a request to file a bugreport. --dos-kpath Try to use MikTeX's version of kpsewhich. --potrace Use potrace for tracing bitmaps. The default is to use potrace if it is found, otherwise to use autotrace. --autotrace Use autotrace for tracing bitmaps. --no-afm Don't read the AFM file to find font information. --noround Do not round coordinates of control points to integer values (use with --grid). Disabled by default. --grid=GRID Set reciprocal grid size in em units multiplied by ratio magnifica- tion/1000. For example, `--grid 10 --magnification 1000' rounds co- ordinates of control points to 1/10th of the em unit. Useful simul- taneously with the --noround option. Default GRID value is 1, i.e., round to integer. This option is only used with potrace. -D,--define=SYMBOL=VALUE Set the font info SYMBOL to the given VALUE. For example, -DFamilyName=Foo sets the font family name to Foo. mftrace tries to fill in sensible default values for the `FontName', `FamilyName', `FullName' and `Weight' fields. -V, --verbose Be verbose. -h, --help Show summary of options. -v, --version Show version of program. -w, --warranty Show warranty and copyright. COPYRIGHT You may redistribute copies of mftrace under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WAR- RANTY, to the extent permitted by law. This manual page is copyright (C) 2005,2006,2007 Julian Gilbey and is dis- tributed under the GNU General Public License too. SEE ALSO mf(1), autotrace(1), potrace(1), fontforge(1). AUTHOR mftrace was written by Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>. This manual page was originally written by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> and has been revised by Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>. January 23, 2007 MFTRACE(1)
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