PFBTOPS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 4 November 2014
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NAME

pfbtops - translate a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII

SYNOPSIS

pfbtops [ -v ] [ pfb_file ]

DESCRIPTION

pfbtops translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII, splitting overlong lines in text packets into smaller chunks. If pfb_file is omitted the pfb file will be read from the standard input. The ASCII format PostScript font will be written on the standard output. PostScript fonts for MS-DOS are normally supplied in .pfb format.

The resulting ASCII format PostScript font can be used with groff. It must first be listed in /usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devps/download and /usr/share/groff/1.22.3/font/devpdf/download.

OPTIONS

-v: Print the version number.

COPYING

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