NAME

       ovf2ovp  -  convert a virtual font file and its associated font metric file into property-
       list format

SYNOPSIS

       ovf2ovp [OPTIONS] OVFNAME[.ovf] [OFMNAME[.ofm] [OVPFILE[.ovp]]]

DESCRIPTION

       ovf2ovp translates a virtual font (OVF) file, OVFNAME, and its companion font metric (OFM)
       file, OFMNAME, into a human-readable property-list format.  The program writes to standard
       output (by default) or to a file specified as OVPNAME.

       The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX  VP  files.   (ovf2ovp  is
       based on the WEB source code for vftovp(1).)

OPTIONS

       -charcode-format=TYPE
              output  character  codes  according  to TYPE, which can be either `hex' or `ascii'.
              Default is `hex'.  ascii specifes all  ASCII  letters  and  digits;  hex  gets  you
              everything else.

       -help  display a brief summary of syntax and options

       -verbose
              display progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit

FILES

       OVPFILE
              Omega Virtual Property List file

       OFMNAME
              Omega Font Metric file

       OVFNAME
              Omega Virtual Font file

BUGS

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

SEE ALSO

       omega(1), ofm2opl(1), ovp2ovf(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:

              VFtoVP is an extended version of the program TFtoPL, which is part of the  standard
              tex()ware library.  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 AMFtoXPL.

       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).