NAME

       ppltotf, uppltotf - Create Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM)

SYNOPSIS

       ppltotf [options] pl_file_name[.pl] [tfm_file_name[.tfm]]

DESCRIPTION

       The  ppltotf  program translates a Japanese property list (JPL) file to a Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM)
       file.  The resulting JFM file can be used with pTeX and e-pTeX.

       The uppltotf program is a Unicode-enabled version of ppltotf.  The resulting JFM file can  be  used  with
       upTeX and e-upTeX.

       In the following sections, we refer to these programs as (u)ppltotf.

       (u)ppltotf  is  upper  compatible  with pltotf; if the input PL file is for roman fonts, it is translated
       into an ordinary TeX font metric (TFM) file.  The difference between ppltotf and  uppltotf  lies  in  the
       output  encoding:  ppltotf  always  outputs JIS-encoded JFM; on the other hand, uppltotf outputs Unicode-
       encoded JFM by default.

OPTIONS

       Compared to pltotf, the following option is added to (u)ppltotf.

       -kanji string
              Sets the input Japanese Kanji code.  The string  can  be  one  of  the  followings:  euc (EUC-JP),
              jis (ISO-2022-JP), sjis (Shift_JIS), utf8 (UTF-8), uptex (UTF-8; uppltotf only).

       When  one  of  euc,  jis,  sjis or utf8 is specified, both ppltotf and uppltotf output a JIS-encoded JFM.
       When uptex is specified with uppltotf, it outputs a Unicode-encoded JFM.

SEE ALSO

       ptex(1).

AUTHORS

       (u)ppltotf is maintained by Japanese TeX Development Community  <https://texjp.org>.   For  bug  reports,
       open  an  issue  at  GitHub  repository  <https://github.com/texjporg/tex-jp-build>, or send an e-mail to
       <issue@texjp.org>.

       This manual page was written by Hironobu Yamashita.