ppltotf1
Create japanese ptex font metric (jfm)
Usage
ppltotf [options]
pl_file
[.pl]
[tfm_file
[.tfm]]
Overview
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.
-kanjistring-
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;
uppltotfonly).
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.
Releases
4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.