---
name: "composeglyphs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "a2ps"
version: "1:4.15.6-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/composeglyphs"
---

# composeglyphs(1)

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 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@dcs.ed.ac.uk\>

## SEE ALSO

[**a2ps**(1)](/a2ps/1.md), [**ogonkify**(1)](/ogonkify/1.md)

The full documentation for  **Ogonkify** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and  **a2ps** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info Ogonkify**

should give you access to the complete manual.