---
name: "ovf2ovp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ovf2ovp"
---

# ovf2ovp(1)

convert Omega and TeX virtual font (ovf) files to property list (ovp) files

## NAME

ovf2ovp - convert Omega and TeX virtual font (ovf) files to property list (ovp) files

## SYNOPSIS

**ovf2ovp** \[*options*\] *ovfname*\[***.ovf***\] \[*ofmname*\[***.ofm***\] \[*ovpfile*\[***.ovp***\]\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ovf2ovp** translates a virtual font (*.ovf*) file, *ovfname*, and its companion font metric (*.ofm*) file, *ofmname*, into a human-readable property-list format (*.vpl*).  The program writes to standard output (by default) or to a file specified as *ovpname*.

The program also works with TeX virtual font files (*.vf* and *.tfm*), producing TeX virtual property list (*.vpl*) files.

## OPTIONS

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

-

  - **-charcode-format=***type*

  output character codes according to *type*, either \`hex', \`octal' or \`ascii'.  Default is \`hex'; \`ascii' says to use ASCII for letters and digits, hex for all else.

- **-char-format=***stype*

  output character codes according to *stype*, either \`num' or \`ascii'. Default is \`num'; \`ascii' as in -charcode-format.  (These two redundant options both exist only for historical compatibility.)

- **-num-format=***ntype*

  output numbers according to *ntype*, either \`hex' or \`octal'; default is hex.

- **-text-format=***ttype*

  output coding scheme and family according to *ttype*, either \`mixed' or \`upper' case; default is mixed.

- **-help**

  output help message and exit

- **-verbose**

  output progress reports

- **-version**

  output version information and exit

These are the same options as in [**ofm2opl**(1)](/ofm2opl/1.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**omega**(1)](/omega/1.md), [**aleph**(1)](/aleph/1.md), [**ovp2ovf**(1)](/ovp2ovf/1.md), [**ofm2opl**(1)](/ofm2opl/1.md), [**opl2ofm**(1)](/opl2ofm/1.md),  [**pltotf**(1)](/pltotf/1.md), [**tftopl**(1)](/tftopl/1.md), [**vftovp**(1)](/vftovp/1.md), [**vptovf**(1)](/vptovf/1.md)

## AUTHOR

The original **tftopl** 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