---
name: "mkfontdesc"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "tetex-bin"
version: "2.0.2-30sarge5"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mkfontdesc/8"
---

# mkfontdesc(8)

utility to create PK font description files

## NAME

mkfontdesc - utility to create PK font description files

## SYNOPSIS

**mkfontdesc**

## DESCRIPTION

**mkfontdesc** creates font description files for PK (bitmap) fonts.

## FILES

- *$TEXMFMAIN/fonts/fontdesc*

  output file

- *$TEXMFMAIN/fonts/fontdesc.bak*

  backup of output file

## SEE ALSO

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

Web page: \<http://tug.cs.umb.edu/tetex/\>

## DIAGNOSTICS

"Ooops! font-directory $pk does not exist.\
 Need to change value for $TEXMFMAIN?"

## BUGS

Report bugs to \<tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de\> (mailing list).

## AUTHOR

**mkfontdesc** was written by Roland Meier, and modified by Thomas Esser  \<te@dbs.uni-hannover.de\>.

This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly \<c@eskimo.com\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used by other distributions 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).