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AFMTODIT(1)					      AFMTODIT(1)

NAME
       afmtodit - create font files for use with groff -Tps

SYNOPSIS
       afmtodit [ -nsv ] [ -ddesc_file ] [ -eenc_file ] [ -in ]
		[ -an ] afm_file map_file font

DESCRIPTION
       afmtodit creates a font file for use with groff and grops.
       afmtodit	 is written in perl; you must have perl version 3
       installed in order to run afmtodit.  afm_file is	 the  AFM
       (Adobe Font Metric) file for the font.  map_file is a file
       that says  which	 groff	character  names  map  onto  each
       PostScript  character  name;  this  file	 should contain a
       sequence of lines of the form

	      ps_char groff_char

       where ps_char is the PostScript name of the character  and
       groff_char  is the groff name of the character (as used in
       the groff font file.)  The same ps_char can occur multiple
       times  in  the  file;  each  groff_char must occur at most
       once.   font  is	 the  groff  name  of  the  font.   If	a
       PostScript character is in the encoding to be used for the
       font but is not mentioned in map_file then  afmtodit  will
       put  it	in  the	 groff font file as an unnamed character,
       which can be accessed by the \N escape sequence in  troff.
       The  groff font file will be output to a file called font.

       If there is a downloadable font file for the font, it  may
       be	listed	    in	    the	     file      /usr/free
       ware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/download; see grops(1).

       If the -i option is used, afmtodit will automatically gen
       erate an italic correction, a left italic correction and a
       subscript  correction for each character (the significance
       of these parameters is explained in groff_font(5));  these
       parameters  may	be specified for individual characters by
       adding to the afm_file lines of the form:

	      italicCorrection ps_char n
	      leftItalicCorrection ps_char n
	      subscriptCorrection ps_char n

       where ps_char is the PostScript name of the character, and
       n  is  the desired value of the corresponding parameter in
       thousandths of  an  em.	 These	parameters  are	 normally
       needed only for italic (or oblique) fonts.

OPTIONS
       -v     Print version.

       -n     Don't  output  a	ligatures  command for this font.
	      Use this with constant-width fonts.

       -s     The font is special.  The effect of this option  is
	      to add the special command to the font file.

       -ddesc_file
	      The  device  description	file  is desc_file rather
	      than the default DESC.

       -eenc_file
	      The PostScript font should be reencoded to use  the
	      encoding	described  in  enc_file.   The	format of
	      enc_file is described in grops(1).

       -an    Use n as the slant parameter in the font file; this
	      is used by groff in the positioning of accents.  By
	      default afmtodit uses the negative of the ItalicAn
	      gle  specified  in  the  afm file; with true italic
	      fonts it is sometimes desirable to use a slant that
	      is  less	than  this.   If you find that characters
	      from an italic font have accents placed too far  to
	      the right over them, then use the -a option to give
	      the font a smaller slant.

       -in    Generate an italic correction for each character so
	      that  the	 character's  width  plus the character's
	      italic correction is equal to n thousandths  of  an
	      em  plus	the amount by which the right edge of the
	      character's bounding is to the right of the charac
	      ter's  origin.   If this would result in a negative
	      italic correction, use  a	 zero  italic  correction
	      instead.

	      Also  generate  a subscript correction equal to the
	      product of the tangent of the slant of the font and
	      four  fifths  of the x-height of the font.  If this
	      would result in a subscript correction greater than
	      the  italic  correction, use a subscript correction
	      equal to the italic correction instead.

	      Also generate a left  italic  correction	for  each
	      character	 equal to n thousandths of an em plus the
	      amount by which the left edge  of	 the  character's
	      bounding box is to the left of the character's ori
	      gin.  The left italic correction may be negative.

	      This option is normally needed only with italic (or
	      oblique)	fonts.	 The  font files distributed with
	      groff were created using	an  option  of	-i50  for
	      italic fonts.

FILES
       /usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/DESC
	      Device description file.

       /usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/F
	      Font description file for font F.

       /usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/download
	      List of downloadable fonts.

       /usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/text.enc
	      Encoding used for text fonts.

       /usr/freeware/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/gener
       ate/textmap
	      Standard mapping.

SEE ALSO
       groff(1), grops(1), groff_font(5), perl(1)

Groff Version 1.17.2	   27 June 2001		      AFMTODIT(1)
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