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NAME
       afm2tfm - convert Adobe font metrics to TeX font metrics


DESCRIPTION
       PostScript  fonts  are  (or  should  be)  accompanied by font metric files such as Times-Roman.afm, which
       describes the characteristics of the font called Times-Roman.  To use such fonts with TeX,  we  need  TFM
       files  that  contain similar information. This program does that conversion.  For more information, print
       out the dvips manual.


FILES
       psfonts.map in the config directory used by dvips (update this).
       ../afm/Makefile in the dvips sources (look at this for examples).


SEE ALSO
       dvips(1), tex(1), vptovf(1)


BUGS
       An option to add letterspacing to the virtual font was rejected by Knuth because it would make the fi and
       fl ligatures break the normal rhythmic pattern.


AUTHORS
       Tomas Rokicki <rokicki@cs.stanford.edu> and Donald E. Knuth

                                                  9 August 1990                                       AFM2TFM(1)