---
name: "t1ascii"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "t1utils"
version: "1.42-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/t1ascii"
---

# t1ascii(1)

convert PostScript Type 1 font from binary to ASCII

## NAME

t1ascii - convert PostScript Type 1 font from binary to ASCII

## SYNOPSIS

**t1ascii** \[**-l** *length*\] \[*input* \[*output*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**t1ascii** converts Adobe Type 1 font programs in PFB (binary) format to PFA (hexadecimal) format. If the file *output* is not specified output goes to the standard output. If the file *input* is not specified input comes from the standard input.

## OPTIONS

- **--line-length=***num,* **-l** *num*

  Set the maximum length of encrypted lines in the output to *num.* (These are the lines consisting wholly of hexadecimal digits.) The default is 64.

- **--warnings**, **-w**

  Warn when the input font contains lines longer than 255 characters. Long lines don't strictly conform to Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions, and may cause problems with older software.

## SEE ALSO

[**t1binary**(1)](/t1binary/1.md), [**t1unmac**(1)](/t1unmac/1.md), [**t1mac**(1)](/t1mac/1.md), [**t1asm**(1)](/t1asm/1.md), [**t1disasm**(1)](/t1disasm/1.md)

*Adobe Type 1 Font Format*

## AUTHORS

Lee Hetherington (ilh@lcs.mit.edu)\
 Eddie Kohler (ekohler@gmail.com)

Ported to Microsoft C/C++ Compiler and MS-DOS operating system by Kai-Uwe Herbing (herbing@netmbx.netmbx.de).