NAME

       ttf2pk - convert a TrueType font into TeX's PK format

SYNOPSIS

       ttf2pk [-q] [-n] font-name resolution
       ttf2pk -t [-q] font-name
       ttf2pk --version | --help

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  converts  a  TrueType  font  into a PK file; the created font can then be used with TeX or
       LaTeX.

       CJKV (Chinese/Japanese/Korean/old Vietnamese) subfonts as created by ttf2tfm are also supported.

       ttf2pk always assumes 10pt as the design size for the written TeX font.

PARAMETERS

       -q     This optional switch makes ttf2pk quiet.  It suppresses any informational  output  except  warning
              and error messages.

       -n     Use only `.pk' as the extension instead of `.<resolution>pk'.

       -t     Test  for  the existence of font-name.  Returns 0 on success and prints out the corresponding line
              of a map file (default: ttfonts.map), provided the -q switch isn't set.

       font-name
              The TeX name of the font.  ttf2pk looks this name up  in  a  map  file  (see  below)  for  further
              information how to process the font.

       resolution
              The  resolution,  given  in  dots  per  inch.  Currently the horizontal resolution is equal to the
              vertical resolution.  The design size is always assumed to be 10pt.

       --version
              Shows the current version of ttf2pk and the used file search library (e.g. kpathsea).

       --help Shows usage information.

       Environment variables for file searching are described in the manual page of ttf2tfm.

THE CONFIGURATION FILE

       ttf2pk uses a small configuration file called ttf2pk.cfg; in each line it contains  a  keyword  with  its
       value,  separated by whitespace.  Comment lines can start with any of the following characters: `*', `#',
       `;', and `%'.  Leading whitespace is ignored.

       Currently, only one keyword, `map', is recognized in this file; it takes a map file name as a  parameter.
       If  no  extension  is  given to the map file name, .map is appended.  No whitespace is allowed in the map
       file name.  The `map' keyword can be given more than once to specify multiple map files; if the map  file
       name is prepended by a plus sign, it is added to the list of map files to be used.  Example:

         map  foo
         map +bar

       This makes ttf2pk to first read foo.map, then bar.map.

       If the configuration file is not found, ttf2pk tries to use ttfonts.map instead.

MAP FILES

       Parameters  specified  to  ttf2tfm  are  preserved for ttf2pk in map files—ttf2tfm writes out to standard
       output, as the last line, a proper entry for a map file.

       As an example, a call to

         ttf2tfm arial -p T1.enc -s 0.25 -P 1 -E 0 arials

       will produce the following line:

         arials   arial Slant=0.25 Pid=1 Eid=0 Encoding=T1.enc

       See ttf2tfm(1) and afm2tfm(1) of the dvips package for a detailed description of encoding files.

       Here a table listing the various ttf2tfm parameters and the corresponding entries in a map file:

           -s                  Slant
           -e                  Extend
           -p                  Encoding
           -f                  Fontindex
           -P                  Pid
           -E                  Eid
           -n                  PS=Yes
           -N                  PS=Only
           -R                  Replacement
           -x                  Rotate=Yes
           -y                  Y-Offset

       Single replacement glyph names  given  to  ttf2tfm  with  `-r old-glyphname new-glyphname'  are  directly
       specified  with `old-glyphname=new-glyphname'.  They will be ignored if in subfont mode or if no encoding
       file is given.

       One additional parameter in a map file is unique to ttf2pk: `Hinting', which can take the values `On'  or
       `Off'.   Some fonts (e.g. the CJK part of cyberbit.ttf) are rendered incorrectly if hinting is activated.
       Default is `On' (you can also use `Yes', `No', `1', and `0').

       For a description of subfonts (i.e., entries of the form `<namestem>@<sfd-filename>@')  please  refer  to
       ttf2tfm(1).

       The  format  of  a map file is simple.  Each line defines a font; first comes the TeX font name, then its
       TrueType font file name, followed by the  parameters  in  any  order.   Case  is  significant  (even  for
       parameter names); the parameters are separated from its values by an equal sign, with whitespace possibly
       surrounding it.  ttf2pk reads in all map files line by line in the order given in the configuration file,
       continuing  until  the TeX font specified on the command line is found, otherwise the programs exits with
       error code 2.  Thus you can use any character invalid in a TeX font name to start a comment line.

       You can use `\' as the final character of a line to indicate that the input  is  continued  on  the  next
       line.  The backslash and the following newline character will be removed.

       ttf2pk will abort if it can't find or read the TeX font metrics file of the given TeX font name.

RETURN VALUE

       If  the  call  was successful, 0 will be returned.  In case of error, the return value is 1.  Finally, if
       the font can't be found in the map files, 2 is returned.  This simplifies the inclusion  of  ttf2pk  into
       scripts like mktexpk for automatic font generation.

SEE ALSO

       ttf2tfm(1), afm2tfm(1)

AVAILABILITY

       ttf2pk is part of the FreeType 1 package, a high quality TrueType rendering library.

AUTHORS

       Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
       Frédéric LOYER <loyer@ensta.fr>