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

       Send  bug  reports  to  <http://lists.tug.org/tex-k>  (mailing  list);  may also 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  are  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 <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).

Web2C 2022/dev                                    14 April 2016                                       OVF2OVP(1)