mktextfm

MKTEXTFM(1)                      User Commands                     MKTEXTFM(1)

NAME
       mktextfm - create a TFM file for a font

SYNOPSIS
       mktextfm [options] font

DESCRIPTION
       mktextfm  is used to generate a tfm file from the Metafont source files
       for font, or hbf2gf(1), if possible.  If destdir is given,  the  gener-
       ated  file  will  be  installed there, otherwise a (rather complicated)
       heuristic is used.  If the tfm file already exists in  the  destination
       location, this is reported and nothing is done.

       If  a  GF  (Generic  Font) bitmap file is also generated, as is typical
       with MF, it is converted to PK (Packed Font) and installed similarly.

       The full pathname of the generated file is printed on standard output.

       If available, the mf-nowin(1) variant of Metafont is used  to  generate
       fonts to avoid the possibility of online display.

       mktextfm  is  typically  called by other programs, via Kpathsea, rather
       than from the command line.

OPTIONS
       mktextfm accepts the following options:

       --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.

       --help Print help message and exit successfully.

       --version
              Print version information and exit successfully.

ENVIRONMENT
       One environment variable is specific to  mktextfm:  MF_MODE_EXTRA_INFO.
       If  this is set to a non-empty value, a Metafont macro mode_include_ex-
       tra_info will be invoked when the font is made.  The standard  modes.mf
       file  defines this, as of modes.mf version 4.0, released in 2020.  This
       causes the so-called Xerox-world  information,  notably  including  the
       CODINGSCHEME for the font, to be included in the tfm file. (This is not
       done by default since it is too intrusive  to  redefine  the  necessary
       primitives,  per  Don  Knuth.) The mftrace(1) program, for example, can
       use this to get a clue about the font encoding, although  the  informa-
       tion is not always perfectly definitive or unambiguous.

       For  more about the encodings of Metafont fonts, see the section ``Bit-
       map font encodings'' in the Dvips manual (e.g.,  https://tug.org/texin-
       fohtml/dvips.html).

       The  many  other  environment variables and various configuration files
       that control a TeX system also affect  the  behavior  of  mktextfm,  as
       usual.

SEE ALSO
       mf(1), mktexmf(1), mktexpk(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                    MKTEXTFM(1)