NAME
tfmtodit - create font files for use with groff -Tdvi
SYNOPSIS
tfmtodit [ -sv ] [ -ggf_file ] [ -kskewchar ] tfm_file
map_file font
DESCRIPTION
tfmtodit creates a font file for use with groff -Tdvi.
tfm_file is the name of the TeX font metric file for the
font. map_file is a file giving the groff names for
characters in the font; this file should consist of a
sequence of lines of the form:
n c1 c2 ...
where n is a decimal integer giving the position of the
character in the font, and c1, c2,... are the groff names
of the character. If a character has no groff names but
exists in the tfm file, then it will be put in the groff
font file as an unnamed character. font is the name of the
groff font file. The groff font file is written to font.
The -s option should be given if the font is special (a font
is special if troff should search it whenever a character is
not found in the current font.) If the font is special, it
should be listed in the fonts command in the DESC file; if
it is not special, there is no need to list it, since troff
can automatically mount it when it's first used.
To do a good job of math typesetting, groff requires font
metric information not present in the tfm file. The reason
for this is that TeX has separate math italic fonts whereas
groff uses normal italic fonts for math. The additional
information required by groff is given by the two arguments
to the math_fit macro in the Metafont programs for the
Computer Modern fonts. In a text font (a font for which
math_fitting is false), Metafont normally ignores these two
arguments. Metafont can be made to put this information in
the gf file by loading the following definition after cmbase
when creating cm.base:
def ignore_math_fit(expr left_adjustment,right_adjustment) =
special "adjustment";
numspecial left_adjustment*16/designsize;
numspecial right_adjustment*16/designsize;
enddef;
The gf file created using this modified cm.base should be
specified with the -g option. The -g option should not be
given for a font for which math_fitting is true.
OPTIONS
-v Print the version number.
-s The font is special. The effect of this option is to
add the special command to the font file.
-kn The skewchar of this font is at position n. n should
be an integer; it may be given in decimal, or with a
leading 0 in octal, or with a leading 0x in
hexadecimal. The effect of this option is to ignore
any kerns whose second component is the specified
character.
-ggf_file
gf_file is a gf file produced by Metafont containing
special and numspecial commands giving additional font
metric information.
FILES
/usr/products/src2/gcc/AIX.d/lib/groff/font/devdvi/DESC
Device description file.
/usr/products/src2/gcc/AIX.d/lib/groff/font/devdvi/F
Font description file for font F.
SEE ALSO
groff(1), grodvi(1), groff_font(5)