NAME
          vptovf - convert virtual property lists to virtual font
          metrics

     SYNOPSIS
          vptovf [ -verbose ] vpl_file_name vfm_file_name
          tfm_file_name

     DESCRIPTION
          The vptovf program translates a (human-oriented) property
          list file to a pair of (program-oriented) files in the VF
          (virtual font) and TFM (TeX font metric) formats. Thus, a
          virtual font file can be edited and its exact contents can
          be displayed mnemonically.  New virtual fonts, which map
          characters as seen by TeX into an arbitrary sequence of
          low-level typesetting operations, can also be created in
          this way.

          All three file names, vpl_file_name, vf_file_name, and
          tfm_file_name, must be complete; no adding of default
          extensions or path searching is done.

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

     SEE ALSO
          pltotf(1), tftopl(1), vftovp(1).

     AUTHORS
          Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, based in part on an idea
          of David Fuchs, starting with the code for pltotf(1).  Karl
          Berry adapted it for compilation with web2c.