NAME
          tftopl - convert TeX font metric (tfm) files to property
          lists

     SYNOPSIS
          tftopl [ -charcode-format=format ] [ -verbose ]
          tfm_file_name [ pl_file_name ]

     DESCRIPTION
          The tftopl program translates a (program-oriented) font
          metric file to a (human-oriented) property list file.  Thus,
          you can edit the contents of the TFM files, if the font
          designer has not done his or her job properly, or if you're
          encountering strange difficulties, or if you're just
          curious.  It also serves as a TFM-file validating program,
          i.e., if no error messages are given, the input file is
          correct.

          The pl_file_name must be complete; no adding of default
          extensions or path searching is done.  If the pl_file_name
          is not given, standard output is used. The tfm_file_name is
          extended with .tfm if it lacks a suffix.  Also, path
          searching is done for the .tfm file using the environment
          variable TEXFONTS.  If that is not set, tftopl uses the
          system default:
          @DEFAULT_TFM_PATH@

          See tex(1) for the details of the searching.

     OPTIONS
          The argument format to -charcode-format specifies how
          character codes are output in the PL file.  By default, only
          letters and digits are output using the C integer code
          (i.e., in ASCII); the others are output in octal.  (Unless
          the font's coding scheme starts with TeX math sy or TeX math
          ex, in which case all character codes are output in octal.)
          If format is ascii, all character codes that correspond to
          graphic characters, besides the left and right parentheses,
          are output in ASCII.  Finally, if format is octal, all
          character codes are output in octal.

          Without the -verbose option, tftopl operates silently.  With
          it, a banner and progress report are printed on stdout.

     SEE ALSO
          pltotf(1),
          Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.
          Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook (Volume C of Computers and
          Typesetting), Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.

     AUTHORS
          Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part
          of the TeXware technical report, available from the TeX
          Users Group.  Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally
          ported it to Unix.