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composeglyphs: generate an encoding vector or new font for postscript

NAME

composeglyphs - generate an encoding vector or new font for postscript

SYNOPSIS

composeglyphs -e encoding.afm -E encoding.ps

composeglyphs -i input.afm -o output.ps -c composite.afm -n newname -e base_encoding.afm -t target_encoding.afm -a output.afm

DESCRIPTION

composeglyphs is a script to generate either an encoding vector or a new font for postscript. It requires a pre-existing AFM and allows for the use of composite characters that that AFM does not already provide.

OPTIONS

-e encoding.afm

The base encoding AFM to use.

-E encoding.ps

The encoding vector to output.

-i input.afm

The AFM of the original font.

-o output.ps

The font program to generate.

-c composite.afm

The AFM containing supplementary composite character information.

-n newname

The name of the new font.

-t target_encoding.afm

The target encoding.

-a output.afm

The name of the AFM file to generate.

NOTES

composeglyphs is a part of Ogonkify, which comes with the a2ps distribution.

If you create new AFMs or modify existing ones, the author asks that you kindly send him a copy so that he may include them in the distribution.

AUTHOR

Juliusz Chroboczek <jec [at] dcs.ed.ac.uk>