.TH OVF2OVP 1 "8 March 2022" "Web2C 2023"
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.SH "NAME" 
ovf2ovp \- convert virtual font file and associated font metrics to 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\&.
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The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VPL
files\&.
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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(Same as \fBofm2opl\fP).
.IP
.IP "\fB-charcode-format=\fP\fItype\fP" 
output character codes according to \fItype\fP,
either `hex\&', `octal\&' or `ascii\&'\&.  Default is
`hex\&'\&; `ascii' says to use
ASCII for letters and digits, hex for all else\&.
.IP "\fB-char-format=\fP\fIstype\fP"
output character codes according to \fIstype\fP,
either `num\&' or `ascii\&'\&. Default is `num'; `ascii' as in
-charcode-format.  (These two redundant options both exist only for
historical compatibility.)
.IP "\fB-num-format=\fP\fIntype\fP"
output numbers according to \fIntype\fP,
either `hex' or `octal'; default is hex.
.IP "\fB-text-format=\fP\fIttype\fP"
output coding scheme and family according to \fIttype\fP,
either `mixed' or `upper' case; default is mixed.
.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" 
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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
\fBvftovp\fP(1)\&.
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General discussion of Omega (and Aleph) can take place
on the <http://lists.tug.org/omega> mailing list.
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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\fBomega\fP(1), \fBaleph\fP(1), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBovp2ovf\fP(1),
\fBpltotf\fP(1), \fBtftopl\fP(1), \fBvftovp\fP(1),
\fBvptovf\fP(1)
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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 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
\fBAMFtoXPL\fP\&.
.RE 
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Thus, \fBovf2ovp\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBvftovp\fP(1),
although nowadays it is a link to \fBomfonts\fP, implemented entirely in C.
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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.