ppltotf(1) General Commands Manual ppltotf(1)
NAME
ppltotf, uppltotf - Create Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM)
SYNOPSIS
ppltotf [options] pl_file[.pl] [tfm_file[.tfm]]
DESCRIPTION
The ppltotf program translates a Japanese property list (JPL) file to a
Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) file. The resulting JFM file can be
used with pTeX and e-pTeX.
The uppltotf program is a Unicode-enabled version of ppltotf. The
resulting JFM file can be used with upTeX and e-upTeX.
In the following sections, we refer to these programs as (u)ppltotf.
(u)ppltotf is upper compatible with pltotf; if the input PL file is for
roman fonts, it is translated into an ordinary TeX font metric (TFM)
file. The difference between ppltotf and uppltotf lies in the output
encoding: ppltotf always outputs JIS-encoded JFM; on the other hand,
uppltotf outputs Unicode-encoded JFM by default.
OPTIONS
Compared to pltotf, the following option is added to (u)ppltotf.
-kanji string
Sets the input Japanese Kanji code. The string can be one of
the followings: euc (EUC-JP), jis (ISO-2022-JP),
sjis (Shift_JIS), utf8 (UTF-8), uptex (UTF-8; uppltotf only).
When one of euc, jis, sjis or utf8 is specified, both ppltotf and
uppltotf output a JIS-encoded JFM. When uptex is specified with
uppltotf, it outputs a Unicode-encoded JFM.
SEE ALSO
ptex(1).
AUTHORS
(u)ppltotf is maintained by Japanese TeX Development Community
<https://texjp.org>. For bug reports, open an issue at GitHub
repository <https://github.com/texjporg/tex-jp-build>, or send an e-
mail to <issue@texjp.org>.
This manual page was written by Hironobu Yamashita.
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