PLTOTF(1)                   General Commands Manual                  PLTOTF(1)

NAME
       pltotf - convert a property list (pl) file to TeX font metric (tfm)
       format

SYNOPSIS
       pltotf [-verbose] pl_file[.pl] [tfm_file[.tfm]]

DESCRIPTION
       The pltotf program translates a (plain text) property list file to a
       (binary) TeX font metric file. Thus, after editing the property list
       file, a revised tfm file can be generated for use with, for example,
       tex(1).

       The pl_file is extended with ".pl" if it lacks a suffix. No path
       searching is done.

       If no tfm_file is given, the basename of pl_file with suffix ".tfm" is
       used; otherwise, tfm_file is extended with ".tfm" if it lacks a suffix.

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

       By default, pltotf operates silently. With the -v (a.k.a. -verbose)
       option, some reports are printed on stdout.

       The standard -help and -version options are also supported.

SEE ALSO
       tftopl(1).
       Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.

       Font utility topic on CTAN: https://ctan.org/topic/font-util
       Package page on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/pltotf
       Section in the Web2c manual:
       https://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#pltotf-invocation
       Typeset source code, including the PL file format description:
       https://ctan.org/pkg/knuth-pdf

AUTHORS
       Donald E. Knuth wrote the program. It was published as part of the
       TeXware technical report from Stanford. Howard Trickey, Pavel Curtis,
       and Richard Furuta originally ported it to Unix.

       Public discussion list and bug reports: https://lists.tug.org/tex-k

Web2C 2026                      24 January 2026                      PLTOTF(1)