OVF2OVP(1)                  General Commands Manual                 OVF2OVP(1)

NAME
       ovf2ovp - convert virtual font file and associated font metrics to
       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 VPL
       files.

OPTIONS
       (Same as ofm2opl).

       -charcode-format=type
              output character codes according to type, either `hex', `octal'
              or `ascii'.  Default is `hex'; `ascii' says to use ASCII for
              letters and digits, hex for all else.

       -char-format=stype
              output character codes according to stype, either `num' or
              `ascii'. Default is `num'; `ascii' as in -charcode-format.
              (These two redundant options both exist only for historical
              compatibility.)

       -num-format=ntype
              output numbers according to ntype, either `hex' or `octal';
              default is hex.

       -text-format=ttype
              output coding scheme and family according to ttype, either
              `mixed' or `upper' case; default is mixed.

       -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
       Email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k> (mailing list); good
       to check if the same bug is present in vftovp(1).

       General discussion of Omega (and Aleph) can take place on the
       <http://lists.tug.org/omega> mailing list.

SEE ALSO
       omega(1), aleph(1), ofm2opl(1), ovp2ovf(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1),
       vftovp(1), vptovf(1)

AUTHOR
       According to the WEB documentation:

              VFtoVP is an extended version of the program TFtoPL, which is
              part of the standard TeXware 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.

       Thus, ovf2ovp is based on the WEB source code for vftovp(1), although
       nowadays it is a link to omfonts, implemented entirely in C.

       The primary authors of Omega were John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
       Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.

       This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system. It is also now maintained as part of TeX Live.

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