NAME

       pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text

SYNOPSIS

       pktype pk_file[pk]

DESCRIPTION

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

       The pktype program translates a packed font file (pk) (output by, for example, gftopk(1) to a  file  that
       humans  can  read.  It  also  serves  as  a pk file-validating program (i.e., if pktype can read it, it's
       correct) and as an example of a pk-reading program for other software that wants to read pk files.

       The input pk_file on the command line may omit the suffix `pk.  The  plain  text  translation  is  always
       written to standard output.

       The  output  file  gives  a  compact  encoding of the packed encoding, using conventions described in the
       source code. Run lengths of black pixels alternate with parenthesized run lengths of  white  pixels,  and
       brackets are used to indicate when a row should be repeated.

ENVIRONMENT

       pktype looks for pk_file in the usual places according to Kpathsea.

       See tex(1) for the details of the searching.

SEE ALSO

       dvitype(1), gftopk(1), gftype(1).
       Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.

AUTHORS

       Tomas  Rokicki  wrote the program, Donald E. Knuth originally ported it to Unix, Pierre MacKay originally
       adapted it for compilation with Web2c.