---
name: "opl2ofm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/opl2ofm"
---

# opl2ofm(1)

convert Omega and TeX property list (opl) files to font metric (ofm) files

## NAME

opl2ofm - convert Omega and TeX property list (opl) files to font metric (ofm) files

## SYNOPSIS

**opl2ofm** \[*options*\] *oplfile*\[***.opl***\] \[*ofmfile*\[***.ofm***\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**opl2ofm** translates a human-readable property-list format file (*.opl*), *oplfile*, into the binary Omega font metrics format (*.ofm*). The program writes to standard output (by default) or to a file specified as *ofmfile*.

The program also works with TeX property list files, producing TeX font metric (*.tfm) files.*

## OPTIONS

*See* [**tex**(1)](/tex/1.md) *for details of command-line parsing.*

-

  - **-help**

  *output help message and exit*

- **-verbose**

  *output progress reports*

- **-version**

  *output version information and exit*

-

  ## SEE ALSO

**omega***(1),* **aleph***(1),* **ofm2opl***(1),* **ovf2ovp***(1),* **ovp2ovf***(1),* **pltotf***(1),* **tftopl***(1).*

## AUTHOR

*The original* **pltotf** *program was written by D.E. Knuth.* *The updates for Omega were written by John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.* *See also* [**ofm2opl**(1)](/ofm2opl/1.md).

*This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux* *system. Both the program and the man page are now maintained as part of* *TeX Live.*

*Bug reports and general discussion: https://lists.tug.org/omega*