.TH "ovf2ovp" "1" "September 2000" "Omega" "Omega" 
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.SH "NAME" 
ovf2ovp \- convert a virtual font file and its associated font metric file into property-list format
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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.B ovf2ovp
.RI [ OPTIONS ]
.IR OVFNAME [ \fB.ovf\fP ]
.RI [ OFMNAME [ \fB.ofm\fP ]
.RI [ OVPFILE [ \fB.ovp\fP ]]]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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\fBovf2ovp\fP translates a virtual font (OVF) file, \fIOVFNAME\fP,
and its companion font metric (OFM) file, \fIOFMNAME\fP, into a
human-readable property-list format\&.  The program writes to standard
output (by default) or to a file specified as \fIOVPNAME\fP\&.
.PP 
The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VP
files\&.  (\fBovf2ovp\fP is based on the WEB source code for
\fBvftovp\fP(1)\&.)
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
.PP 
.IP 
.IP "\fB-charcode-format=\fP\fITYPE\fP" 
output character codes
according to \fITYPE\fP, which can be either `hex\&' or `ascii\&'\&.
Default is `hex\&'\&.  ascii specifes all ASCII letters and digits; hex
gets you everything else\&.
.IP 
.IP "\fB-help\fP" 
display a brief summary of syntax and options 
.IP "\fB-verbose\fP" 
display progress reports
.IP "\fB-version\fP" 
output version information and exit
.IP 
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.SH "FILES" 
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.IP "\fIOVPFILE\fP" 
Omega Virtual Property List file
.IP "\fIOFMNAME\fP" 
Omega Font Metric file
.IP "\fIOVFNAME\fP" 
Omega Virtual Font file
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.SH "BUGS" 
.PP 
None known, but report any found to <omega@ens\&.fr> (mailing list)\&.  You should also
check to see if the bug is also in \fBvftovp\fP(1)\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
.PP 
\fBomega\fP(1), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBovp2ovf\fP(1),
\fBpltotf\fP(1), \fBtftopl\fP(1), \fBvftovp\fP(1),
\fBvptovf\fP(1)
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\fIDraft Manual for the Omega System\fP (\fIomega-manual\&.dvi\fP)\&.
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Web page: <http://www\&.gutenberg\&.eu\&.org/omega/>
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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According to the WEB documentation:
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.RS 
\fBVFtoVP\fP is an extended version of the program \fBTFtoPL\fP,
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
\fBAMFtoXPL\fP\&.
.RE 
.PP 
The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice
<plaice@cse\&.unsw\&.edu\&.au> and Yannis Haralambous 
<yannis@fluxus-virus\&.com>\&.
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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)\&.
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