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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