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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-07-11 06:19:52 -0500 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-07-14 04:24:38 -0500 |
| commit | f9dc4b2989525ca75266c359557e5673e06183c0 (patch) | |
| tree | 39ffafca006771c30bfd10a110f7e767e21c32ec /src/utils/pfbtops | |
| parent | 800928d4f8bf2cf0fdee392501f0028e97ac7a25 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-f9dc4b2989525ca75266c359557e5673e06183c0.tar.gz | |
pfbtops(1): Clarify and tighten.
* PFB and PFA are _Type 1_ PostScript font file formats, specifically.
* Nudge the reader in the direction of afmtodit(1) for further
operations on PostScript Type 1 files for usage with groff.
* Drop information about embedding and the download file; this is
already discussed in grops(1) and gropdf(1), and there's more to using
Type 1 fonts with groff than coverting them to PFA and putting them
into a "download" file, which those pages discuss.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/utils/pfbtops')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/utils/pfbtops/pfbtops.1.man | 22 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils/pfbtops/pfbtops.1.man b/src/utils/pfbtops/pfbtops.1.man index a3e3f715b..60d8173a7 100644 --- a/src/utils/pfbtops/pfbtops.1.man +++ b/src/utils/pfbtops/pfbtops.1.man @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ pfbtops \- translate Printer Font Binary files to PostScript ASCII .\" ==================================================================== . .I pfbtops -translates a PostScript font in Printer Font Binary (PFB) format to -Printer Font ASCII (PFA) format, +translates a PostScript Type\~1 font in Printer Font Binary (PFB) format +to Printer Font ASCII (PFA) format, splitting overlong lines in text packets into smaller chunks. . If @@ -70,16 +70,18 @@ The PFA font will be written on the standard output stream. . PostScript fonts for MS-DOS were historically supplied in PFB format. . -. -.LP -The resulting PFA font can be used with -.MR groff @MAN1EXT@ -if it is first listed in -.I @FONTDIR@/\:\%devps/\:\%download -and -.IR @FONTDIR@/\:\%devpdf/\:\%download . +Use of a PostScript Type\~1 font with +.I groff +requires conversion of its metrics +(AFM file) +to a +.I groff +font description file; +see +.MR afmtodit @MAN1EXT@. . . +.P The .B \-\-help option displays a usage message, |