---
name: "dvipdft"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dvipdft"
---

# dvipdft(1)

create thumbnail images for use with dvipdfm

## NAME

dvipdft - create thumbnail images for use with dvipdfm

## SYNOPSIS

**dvipdft** \[*DVIPDFM-OPTIONS*...\] *filename* \[**.dvi**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dvipdft** creates thumbnail pictures of the pages in your file and subsequently runs dvipdfm to create a PDF file with these thumbnails.

## OPTIONS

All options are simply handed on to dvipdfm

## SEE ALSO

-

  [**dvipdfm**(1)](/dvipdfm/1.md)

## BUGS

None known.

## AUTHOR

**dvipdft** was written by Mark A. Wicks and Thomas Esser.

This manual page was written by Frank Küster \<frank@kuesterei.ch\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used by others without contacting the author.  Any mistakes or omissions in the manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author).