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HPFTODIT(1) HPFTODIT(1)

NAME

hpftodit - create font description files for use with groff -Tlj4

SYNOPSIS

hhppffttooddiitt [ -aaddqqssvv ] [ -iin ] tfmfile mapfile font

It is possible to have whitespace between the -ii option and its parame-

ter.

DESCRIPTION

hhppffttooddiitt creates a font file for use with a Hewlett-Packard Laser-

Jet 4-series (or newer) printer with ggrrooffff -TTlljj44, using data from an HP

tagged font metric (TFM) file. tfmfile is the name of the TFM file for the font; Intellifont and TrueType TFM files are supported, but symbol set TFM files are not. mapfile is a file giving the groff names for characters in the font; this file should consist of a sequence of lines of the form:

m u c1 c2 ... [ # comment ]

where m is a decimal integer giving the MSL number of the character, u is a hexadecimal integer giving the Unicode value of the character, and c1, c2, ... are the groff names of the character. The values can be

separated by any whitespace; the Unicode value must use uppercase dig-

its A-F, and must be without a leading `0x', `u', or `U+'. Unicode

values corresponding to composite glyphs are decomposed; e.g., `u00C0' becomes `u00410300'. The name for a glyph without a groff name may be given as uXXXX if the glyph corresponds to a Unicode value, or as an

unnamed glyph `--'. If the given Unicode value is in the Private Use

Area (0xE000-0xF8FF), the glyph is included as an unnamed glyph. Refer

to ggrrooffffddiiffff(1) for additional information about unnamed glyphs and how to access them.

Blank lines and lines beginning with `#' are ignored. A `#' following

one or more groff names begins a comment. Because `#' is a valid groff

name, it must appear first in a list of groff names if a comment is included, e.g.,

3 0023 # # number sign

3 0023 # sh # number sign

rather than

3 0023 sh # # number sign

which will treat the first `#' as the beginning of the comment.

font is the name of the groff font file. The groff font file is writ-

ten to font; if font is specified as `-', the output is written to the

standard output.

The -ss option should be given if the font is special (a font is special

if ttrrooffff should search it whenever a character is not found in the cur-

rent font). If the font is special, it should be listed in the ffoonnttss command in the DESC file; if it is not special, there is no need to list it, since ttrrooffff can automatically mount it when it's first used.

If the -ii option is used, hhppffttooddiitt automatically will generate an

italic correction, a left italic correction and a subscript correction for each character (the significance of these parameters is explained in ggrrooffffffoonntt(5)). OOPPTTIIOONNSS

-aa Include characters in the TFM file that are not included in the

map file. A glyph with corresponding Unicode value is given the name uXXXX; a glyph without a Unicode value is included as an

unnamed glyph `--'. A glyph with a Unicode value in the Pri-

vate Use Area (0xE000-0xF8FF) also is included as an unnamed

glyph.

This option provides a simple means of adding Unicode-named and

unnamed glyphs to a font without including them in the map file, but it affords little control over which glyphs are placed in a

regular font and which are placed in a special font. The pres-

ence or absence of the -ss option has some effect on which glyphs

are included: without the -ss option, only the "text" symbol sets

are searched for matching glyphs; with the -ss option, only the

"mathematical" symbol sets are searched. Nonetheless, restrict-

ing the symbol sets searched isn't very selective-many glyphs

are placed in both regular and special fonts. Normally, the -aa

option should be used only as a last resort.

-dd Dump information about the TFM file to the standard output; this

option can be useful for ensuring that a TFM file is a proper match for a font, and that the contents of the TFM file are suitable. The information includes the values of important TFM tags, and a listing (by MSL number for Intellifont TFM files or by Unicode value for TrueType TFM files) of the glyphs included

in the TFM file. The unit of measure `DU' for some tags indi-

cates design units; there are 8782 design units per em for Intellifont fonts, and 2048 design units per em for TrueType fonts. Note that the accessibility of a glyph depends on its inclusion in a symbol set; some TFM files list many glyphs but only a few symbol sets. The glyph listing includes the glyph index within the TFM file, the MSL or Unicode value, and the symbol set and character code that will be used to print the glyph. If mapfile is given, groff names are given for matching glyphs. If only the glyph index and MSL or Unicode value are given, the glyph does not appear in any supported symbol set and cannot be printed.

With the -dd option, mapfile is optional, and font is ignored if

given.

-qq Suppress warnings about characters in the map file that were not

found in the TFM file. Warnings never are given for unnamed glyphs or by glyphs named by their Unicode values. This option is useful when sending the output of hhppffttooddiitt to the standard output.

-vv Print the hhppffttooddiitt version number.

-ss The font is special. This option adds the ssppeecciiaall command to

the font file, and affects the order in which HP symbol sets are

searched for each glyph. Without the -ss option, the "text" sets

are searched before the "mathematical" symbol sets. With the -ss

option, the search order is reversed.

-iin 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 character'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 charac-

ter's origin. The left italic correction may be negative. This option normally is needed only with italic or oblique fonts; a value of 50 (0.05 em) usually is a reasonable choice. FILES //uussrr//sshhaarree//ggrrooffff//11..1199..11//ffoonntt//ddeevvlljj44//DDEESSCC Device description file. //uussrr//sshhaarree//ggrrooffff//11..1199..11//ffoonntt//ddeevvlljj44//F Font description file for font F. //uussrr//sshhaarree//ggrrooffff//11..1199..11//ffoonntt//ddeevvlljj44//ggeenneerraattee//*..mmaapp Symbol mapping files