--- name: "uptftopl" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "texlive-doc" version: "2026.1-1" release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/ptftopl" --- # uptftopl(1) Convert Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) files to property list Part of [ptftopl(1)](/ptftopl/1.md). ## NAME ptftopl, uptftopl - Convert Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) files to property list ## SYNOPSIS **ptftopl** \[*options*\] *tfm\_file*\[***.tfm***\] \[*pl\_file*\[***.pl***\]\] ## DESCRIPTION The **ptftopl** program translates a Japanese pTeX font metric (JFM) file to a Japanese property list (JPL) file. It also serves as a TFM/JFM-file validating program. The **uptftopl** program is a Unicode-enabled version of ptftopl. In the following sections, we refer to these programs as **(u)ptftopl**. **(u)ptftopl** is upper compatible with **tftopl**; if the input TFM file is for roman fonts, it is translated into an ordinary property list file. The difference between **ptftopl** and **uptftopl** lies in the internal encoding: when the input is a JFM file, **ptftopl** always treats it as a JIS-encoded JFM; on the other hand, **uptftopl** treats it as a Unicode-encoded JFM by default. ## OPTIONS Compared to tftopl, the following option is added to **(u)ptftopl**. - **-kanji** *string* Sets the output Japanese *Kanji* code. The *string* can be one of the followings: *euc* (EUC-JP), *jis* (ISO-2022-JP), *sjis* (Shift\_JIS), *utf8* (UTF-8), *uptex* (UTF-8; **uptftopl** only). When one of *euc*, *jis*, *sjis* or *utf8* is specified, both **ptftopl** and **uptftopl** treats the input JFM as JIS-encoded. When *uptex* is specified with **uptftopl**, it treats the input JFM as Unicode-encoded. ## SEE ALSO [**ptex**(1)](/ptex/1.md). ## AUTHORS **(u)ptftopl** is maintained by Japanese TeX Development Community \. For bug reports, open an issue at GitHub repository \, or send an e-mail to \. This manual page was written by Hironobu Yamashita.