---
name: "paps"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "paps"
version: "0.6.8-7.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/paps"
---

# paps(1)

UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

## NAME

paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

## SYNOPSIS

**paps** \[*options*\] *files*...

## DESCRIPTION

**paps** reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves through the pango ft2 backend.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **--landscape**

  Landscape output. Default is portrait.

- **--columns=cl**

  Number of columns output. Default is 1.\
   Please notice this option isn't related to the terminal length as in a "80 culums terminal".

- **--font=desc**

  Set the font description. Default is Monospace 12.

- **--rtl**

  Do right to left (RTL) layout.

- **--paper ps**

  Choose paper size. Known paper sizes are legal, letter and A4. Default is A4.

- **Postscript points**

  Each postscript point equals to 1/72 of an inch. 36 points are 1/2 of an inch.

- **--bottom-margin=bm**

  Set bottom margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

- **--top-margin=tm**

  Set top margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

- **--left-margin=lm**

  Set left margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

- **--right-margin=rm**

  Set right margin. Default is 36 postscript points.

- **--gutter-width=gw**

  Set gutter width. Default is 40 postscript points.

- **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--header**

  Draw page header for each page.

- **--markup**

  Interpret the text as pango markup.

- **--lpi**

  Set the lines per inch. This determines the line spacing.

- **--cpi**

  Set the characters per inch. This is an alternative method of specifying the font size.

- **--stretch-chars**

  Indicates that characters should be stretched in the y-direction to fill up their vertical space. This is similar to the texttops behaviour.\

## AUTHOR

paps was written by Dov Grobgeld \<dov.grobgeld@gmail.com\>.

This manual page was written by Lior Kaplan \<kaplan@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).