---
name: "pfb2pfa"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pfb2pfa"
---

# pfb2pfa(1)

convert a type1 pfb file (binary MSDOS) into a pfa (ASCII)

## NAME

pfb2pfa - convert a type1 pfb file (binary MSDOS) into a pfa (ASCII)

## SYNOPSIS

pfb2pfa \[-v\] pfbfile \[pfafile\]

## DESCRIPTION

Program converts a binary MSDOS representation for a type1 PostScript font into a readable ASCII version.  The MSDOS newline (\\r) is converted into the UNIX newline (\\n).  The output is written in a file whose name is the name that is provided on the command line or the basename of the input file plus extension ".pfa".

With the -v option you get some information about what the  program is doing.

## AUTHOR

```
Piet Tutelaers
Maintained in TeX Live; please send bug reports or other correspondence
to tex-k@tug.org (http://lists.tug.org/tex-k).
```