This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file
or manual
Web2C: A TeX implementation.
The
gftopk
program converts a generic font file output by, for example,
mf(1),
to a
packed font file for use by DVI-reading programs. Packed
font files
(pk files)
are much smaller than the corresponding
gf
files,
so they are generally the font format of choice.
The
gf_file_name
on the command line must be complete. Because
the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make
sense to append a default extension as is done with TeX or
DVI-reading software. The
pk_file_name
defaults to the same (stripped) name as
gf_file_name,
and it is placed in the current
working directory with the
pk
suffix replacing
gf.
For example, the input file
cmr10.300gf
would become
cmr10.300pk.