## NAME

vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual font metrics

## SYNOPSIS

vptovf

vpl_name [ \fB.vpl\fP ]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of *(TX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation .

The vptovf program translates a (human-oriented) property list file to a pair of (program-oriented) files in the VF (virtual font) and TFM (*(TX font metric) formats. Thus, a virtual font file can be edited and its exact contents can be displayed mnemonically. New virtual fonts, which map characters as seen by *(TX into an arbitrary sequence of low-level typesetting operations, can also be created in this way.

All three filenames, vpl_name , vf_name , and tfm_name , are extended with the appropriate suffix, if they lack one.

## OPTIONS

Without the -verbose option, vptovf operates silently. With it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout .

## SEE ALSO

pltotf (1), tftopl (1), vftovp (1).

## AUTHORS

Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea of David Fuchs, starting with the code for pltotf (1).Karl Berry adapted it for compilation with web2c .