opl2ofm (1)
NAME
opl2ofm - convert Omega and TeX property-list files to font-metric files
SYNOPSIS
opl2ofm [OPTIONS] OPLFILE[.opl] [OFMFILE[.ofm]]
DESCRIPTION
opl2ofm translates a property-list format file, OPLFILE, into the binary Omega Font Metric format. The program writes to standard output (by default) or to a file specified as OFMFILE.
The program also works with TeX PL files, producing TeX TFM files. (opl2ofm is based on the WEB source code for pltotf(1).)
OPTIONS
- -help
- display a brief summary of syntax and options
- -verbose
- display progress reports
- -version
- output version information and exit
BUGS
None known, but report any found to <omega@ens.fr> (mailing list). You should also check to see if the bug is present in pltotf(1).
SEE ALSO
omega(1), ofm2opl(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1).
Draft Manual for the Omega System (omega-manual.dvi).
Web page: <www.gutenberg.eu.org/omega>
AUTHOR
According to the WEB documentation:
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The first PLtoTF program was designed by Leo Guibas in the
summer of 1978. Contributions by Frank Liang, Doug Wyatt, and Lyle
Ramshaw also had a significant effect on the evolution of the present
code.
Extensions for an enhanced ligature mechanism were added by D.E. Knuth in 1989.
Extensions to handle extended font metric files (``OFM'') were added by John Plaice in December 1995 and January 1996, resulting in the new program OPL2OFM.
The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice <plaice@cse.unsw.edu.au> and Yannis Haralambous <yannis@fluxus-virus.com>.
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).