ovf2ovp

OVF2OVP(1)                  General Commands Manual                 OVF2OVP(1)

NAME
       ovf2ovp  -  convert  virtual  font  file and associated font metrics to
       property-list format

SYNOPSIS
       ovf2ovp [options] ovfname[.ovf] [ofmname[.ofm] [ovpfile[.ovp]]]

DESCRIPTION
       ovf2ovp translates a virtual font (OVF) file, ovfname, and its  compan-
       ion  font  metric  (OFM) file, ofmname, into a human-readable property-
       list format.  The program writes to standard output (by default) or  to
       a file specified as ovpname.

       The  program  also  works  with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VPL
       files.

OPTIONS
       (Same as ofm2opl).

       -charcode-format=type
              output character codes according to type, either `hex',  `octal'
              or  `ascii'.   Default  is  `hex'; `ascii' says to use ASCII for
              letters and digits, hex for all else.

       -char-format=stype
              output character codes  according  to  stype,  either  `num'  or
              `ascii'.  Default  is  `num';  `ascii'  as  in -charcode-format.
              (These two redundant options both exist only for historical com-
              patibility.)

       -num-format=ntype
              output  numbers according to ntype, either `hex' or `octal'; de-
              fault is hex.

       -text-format=ttype
              output coding scheme  and  family  according  to  ttype,  either
              `mixed' or `upper' case; default is mixed.

       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options

       -verbose
              display progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit

FILES
       ovpfile
              Omega Virtual Property List file

       ofmname
              Omega Font Metric file

       ovfname
              Omega Virtual Font file

BUGS
       Send  bug  reports  to <http://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (mailing list); may
       also check if the same bug is present in vftovp(1).  General discussion
       of Omega (and Aleph) can take place on the <http://lists.tug.org/omega>
       mailing list.

SEE ALSO
       omega(1),  aleph(1),  ofm2opl(1),  ovp2ovf(1),  pltotf(1),   tftopl(1),
       vftovp(1), vptovf(1)

AUTHOR
       According to the WEB documentation:

              VFtoVP  is  an  extended version of the program TFtoPL, which is
              part of the standard TeXware library.  The  idea  of  a  virtual
              font  was  inspired by the work of David R. Fuchs who designed a
              similar set of conventions in 1984  while  developing  a  device
              driver  for ArborText, Inc.  He wrote a somewhat similar program
              called AMFtoXPL.

       Thus, ovf2ovp is based on the WEB source code for  vftovp(1),  although
       nowadays it is a link to omfonts, implemented entirely in C.

       The  primary  authors  of Omega are John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
       Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.

       This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly <cmc@debian.org>, for the
       Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used by other distributions without
       contacting the author.  Any mistakes or omissions in  the  manual  page
       are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should
       be directed to me (and not to the primary author).

Web2C 2019                       14 April 2016                      OVF2OVP(1)