OVF2OVP(1)                  General Commands Manual                 OVF2OVP(1)

NAME
       ovf2ovp - convert Omega and TeX virtual font (ovf) files to property
       list (ovp) files

SYNOPSIS
       ovf2ovp [options] ovfname[.ovf] [ofmname[.ofm] [ovpfile[.ovp]]]

DESCRIPTION
       ovf2ovp translates a virtual font (.ovf) file, ovfname, and its
       companion font metric (.ofm) file, ofmname, into a human-readable
       property-list format (.vpl).  The program writes to standard output (by
       default) or to a file specified as ovpname.

       The program also works with TeX virtual font files (.vf and .tfm),
       producing TeX virtual property list (.vpl) files.

OPTIONS
       See tex(1) for details of command-line parsing.

       -charcode-format=type
              output character codes according to type, either `hex', `octal'
              or `ascii'.  Default is `hex'; `ascii' says to use ASCII for
              letters and digits, hex for all else.

       -char-format=stype
              output character codes according to stype, either `num' or
              `ascii'. Default is `num'; `ascii' as in -charcode-format.
              (These two redundant options both exist only for historical
              compatibility.)

       -num-format=ntype
              output numbers according to ntype, either `hex' or `octal';
              default is hex.

       -text-format=ttype
              output coding scheme and family according to ttype, either
              `mixed' or `upper' case; default is mixed.

       -help  output help message and exit

       -verbose
              output progress reports

       -version
              output version information and exit

       These are the same options as in ofm2opl(1).

SEE ALSO
       omega(1), aleph(1), ovp2ovf(1), ofm2opl(1), opl2ofm(1), pltotf(1),
       tftopl(1), vftovp(1), vptovf(1)

AUTHOR
       The original tftopl program was written by D.E. Knuth.  The updates for
       Omega were written by John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.  See also
       ofm2opl(1).

       This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system. Both the program and the man page are now maintained as part of
       TeX Live.

       Bug reports and general discussion: https://lists.tug.org/omega

Web2C 2026                      9 January 2026                      OVF2OVP(1)