---
name: "t1reencode"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texlive-doc"
version: "2026.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/t1reencode"
---

# t1reencode(1)

re-encode a PostScript Type 1 font

## NAME

t1reencode - re-encode a PostScript Type 1 font

## SYNOPSIS

**t1reencode** -e ENCODING \[OPTIONS...\] *font* \[*outputfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**T1reencode** changes a PostScript Type 1 font's embedded encoding.  The re-encoded font is written to the standard output (but see the **--output** option).  If no input font file is supplied,  **t1reencode** reads a PFA or PFB font from the standard input.

## OPTIONS

- **--encoding**=*file*, **-e** *file*

  Read the encoding from *file*, which must contain an encoding in [**dvips**(1)](/dvips/1.md) format.  Alternatively, *file* can be one of the following special names, in which case the corresponding standard encoding is used.

  - **Name**

    **Source**

  - StandardEncoding

    Adobe

  - ISOLatin1Encoding

    Adobe/ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_1\_Encoding)

  - ExpertEncoding

    Adobe

  - ExpertSubsetEncoding

    Adobe

  - SymbolEncoding

    Adobe

  - ISOLatin2Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_2\_Encoding)

  - ISOLatin3Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_3\_Encoding)

  - ISOLatin4Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_4\_Encoding)

  - ISOCyrillicEncoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_5\_Encoding)

  - ISOGreekEncoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_7\_Encoding)

  - ISOLatin5Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_9\_Encoding)

  - ISOLatin6Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_10\_Encoding)

  - ISOThaiEncoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_11\_Encoding)

  - ISOLatin7Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_13\_Encoding)

  - ISOLatin8Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_14\_Encoding)

  - ISOLatin9Encoding

    ISO (synonym: ISO\_8859\_15\_Encoding)

  - KOI8REncoding

    \-

- **--encoding-text**=*text*, **-E** *text*

  Use the encoding in the *text* argument, which must be formatted as a [**dvips**(1)](/dvips/1.md) encoding.  One of **--encoding** and **--encoding-text** must be supplied.

- **--name**=*name*, **-n** *name*

  Set the output font's PostScript name to *name*. The default is the input font name followed by the encoding's name.

- **--full-name**=*name*, **-N** *name*

  Set the output font's FullName to *name*. The default is the input FullName followed by the encoding's name.

- **--output**=*file*, **-o** *file*

  Send output to *file* instead of standard output.

- **--pfb**, **-b**

  Output a PFB font.  This is the default.

- **--pfa**, **-a**

  Output a PFA font.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print usage information and exit.

- **--version**

  Print the version number and some short non-warranty information and exit.

## RETURN VALUES

**T1reencode** exits with value 0 if a re-encoded font was successfully generated, and 1 otherwise.

## NOTES

**T1reencode** should be used only in special situations.  It's generally much better to use PostScript commands to re-encode a font; for instance, executing the PostScript commands to generate two differently-encoded versions of a single font will take up much less memory than loading two **t1reencode**d fonts.

## EXAMPLES

This command re-encodes Frutiger Roman in the ISO Latin 1 encoding.  The new font will have the PostScript name Frutiger-RomanISOLatin1Encoding.

```
    t1reencode -e ISOLatin1Encoding FrutiRom.pfb \
            -o FrutiRomISOL1.pfb
```

This series of commands, which use [**cfftot1**(1)](/cfftot1/1.md) and [**otftotfm**(1)](/otftotfm/1.md) as well as **t1reencode** itself, generate a version of Warnock Pro Regular with old-style figures in the slots for numbers (because of **otftotfm**'s **-f**onum option).  The new font will be called WarnockPro-RegularOsF.

```
    otftotfm -fonum WarnockPro-Regular.otf \
            --output-encoding /tmp/osf.enc
    cfftot1 WarnockPro-Regular.otf | t1reencode -e /tmp/osf.enc \
            -n WarnockPro-RegularOsF -N "Warnock Pro Regular OsF" \
            -o WarnoProRegOsF.pfb
```

## SEE ALSO

*Adobe Type 1 Font Format*, [**dvips**(1)](/dvips/1.md), [**cfftot1**(1)](/cfftot1/1.md), [**otftotfm**(1)](/otftotfm/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Eddie Kohler (ekohler@gmail.com)