mft

SYNOPSIS
       mft  mf_file_name[.mf] [ [ -c ] or [ change_file_name[.ch] ] ] [ [ -s ]
       or [ style_file_name[.mft] ] ]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete  documen-
       tation  for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
       Web2C: A TeX implementation.

       The mft program creates a TeX file from a Metafont program.   It  takes
       appropriate care of typographic details like page layout and the use of
       indentation, italics, boldface, etc., as illustrated in the  book  Com-
       puter Modern Typefaces.  Special conventions in Metafont comments allow
       you to control things that would not otherwise come out right;  section
       1  of  the MFT source program in the Metafontware report explains these
       rules.

       The command line has one required  file  name  and  two  optional  file
       names.   The  required  one is a Metafont source file; there is also an
       optional change file (which works just as the change files to tangle(1)
       and  weave(1)  do)  and  an  optional style file (which is prepended to
       everything).

       A file name that doesn't contain a dot is always  given  an  extension,
       either .mf (Metafont) or .ch (change) or .mft (style). If no style file
       is specified, the style  file  plain.mft  is  automatically  used.  The
       change_file_name  is  not searched for using any paths. The .mf file is
       searched for using the MFINPUTS environment variable if  you  have  set
       it,  or  else the system default.  The style file is searched for using
       the TEXINPUTS environment variable.  See tex(1) for the details of  the
       searching.

       The output TeX file name is formed by using .tex in place of the exten-
       sion of mf_file_name.

OPTIONS
       Specify command-line options -c to suppress the  reading  of  a  change
       file, and -s to suppress the reading of a style file.

FILES
       mftmac.tex
              TeX macros used by mft output.

       plain.mft
              Default style file.

       cmbase.mft
              Style file for Computer Modern.

SEE ALSO
       mf(1), weave(1).
       Donald  E.  Knuth, Computer Modern Typefaces (Volume E of Computers and
       Typesetting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13446-2.