ovp2ovf(1)                           Omega                          ovp2ovf(1)



NAME
       ovp2ovf - convert a virtual property-list file into a virtual font file
       and its associated font metric file

SYNOPSIS
       ovp2ovf [OPTIONS] OVPFILE[.ovp] [OVFFILE[.ovf] [OFMFILE[.ofm]]]

DESCRIPTION
       ovp2ovf translates a human-readable virtual property list  (OVP)  file,
       OVPFILE, into a virtual font (OVF) file, OVFFILE and its companion font
       metric (OFM) file, OFMFILE.

       The program also works with TeX VP files, producing VF and  TFM  files.
       (ovp2ovf is based on the WEB source code for vptovf(1).)

OPTIONS
       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options

       -verbose
              display progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit

FILES
       OFMFILE
              Omega Font Metric file

       OVFFILE
              Omega Virtual Font file

       OVPFILE
              Omega Virtual Property List file

BUGS
       None known, but report any found to <omega@ens.fr> (mailing list).  You
       should also check to see if the bug is in vptovf(1).

SEE ALSO
       omega(1),  ofm2opl(1),  ovf2ovp(1),  pltotf(1),  tftopl(1),  vftovp(1),
       vptovf(1)

       Draft Manual for the Omega System (omega-manual.dvi).

       Web page: <http://www.gutenberg.eu.org/omega/>

AUTHOR
       According to the WEB documentation:

              VPtoVF  is  an  extended version of the program PLtoTF, which is
              part of the standard TeXware library.  OVP2OVF  is  an  extended
              version  of VPtoVF that allows much larger fonts.  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 PLFONT.

       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).

Omega                           September 2000                      ovp2ovf(1)
