.TH OPL2OFM 1 "8 March 2022" "Web2C 2023"
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.SH "NAME" 
opl2ofm \- convert Omega and TeX property-list files to font-metric files
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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.B opl2ofm
.RI [ OPTIONS ]
.IR OPLFILE [ \fB.opl\fP ]
.RI [ OFMFILE [ \fB.ofm\fP ]]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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\fBopl2ofm\fP translates a property-list format file, \fIOPLFILE\fP,
into the binary Omega Font Metric format\&.  The program writes to
standard output (by default) or to a file specified as
\fIOFMFILE\fP\&.
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The program also works with TeX PL files, producing TeX TFM files\&.
(\fBopl2ofm\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBpltotf\fP(1)\&.)
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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.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
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.SH "BUGS" 
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Email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k>
(mailing list); good to check if the same bug is present in
\fBpltotf\fP(1)\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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\fBomega\fP(1), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBpltotf\fP(1),
\fBtftopl\fP(1)\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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According to the WEB documentation:
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.RS 
The first \fBPLtoTF\fP program was designed by Leo Guibas in the
summer of 1978\&.  Contributions by Frank Liang, Doug Wyatt, and Lyle
Ramshaw also had a significant effect on the evolution of the present
code\&.
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Extensions for an enhanced ligature mechanism were added by D\&.E\&. Knuth
in 1989\&.
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Extensions to handle extended font metric files (``OFM\&'\&') were added
by John Plaice in December 1995 and January 1996, resulting in the new
program \fBOPL2OFM\fP\&.
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The primary authors of Omega were John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.
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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.