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MKTEXPK(1)			  User Commands 		      MKTEXPK(1)

NAME
     mktexpk - create a PK file for a font

SYNOPSIS
     mktexpk [options] font [redirect]

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 Kpathsea: A
     library for path searching.

     mktexpk  is  used	to  generate a pk file from the Metafont source files or
     type1 sources for font, if possible.

     If redirect is given, it must be string of the form >&n where n is the num-
     ber of the file descriptor which is to receive, instead of standard output,
     the name of the generated file.

     mktexpk is typically called by other programs, rather than from the command
     line.

OPTIONS
     mktexpk accepts the following options:

     --bdpi num
	    Set the base device resolution.

     --dpi num
	    Generate the font at resolution num.

     --help
	    Print help message and exit.

     --mag mag
	    The Metafont magnification that corresponds to  the  combination  of
	    bdpi and dpi that has been specified.

     --mfmode mode
	    The Metafont mode to use.

     --destdir dir
	    A  directory  name.  If the directory is absolute, it is used as-is.
	    Otherwise, it is appended to the root destination directory  set  in
	    the script.

     --version
	    Print version information and exit.

BUGS
     If the mode is not specified, mktexpk tries to determine it from bdpi.  The
     manner in which this is done is primitive.  Since bpdi doesn't provide suf-
     ficient information to uniquely determine a mode it is strongly recommended
     that it be specified explicitly.

     If the mode and bpdi don't match, the mode is discarded.

     The dpi parameter is redundant, but is not checked for consistency.  Worse,
     the program will fail if the wrong dpi is specified.

SEE ALSO
     mktexmf(1), mktextfm(1).

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to: tex-k@tug.org (https://lists.tug.org/tex-k)
     TeX Live home page: https://tug.org/texlive/

TeX Live			 30 January 2020		      MKTEXPK(1)

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