addftinfo(1)

NAME

   addftinfo - add information to troff font files for use with groff

SYNOPSIS

   addftinfo [ -v ] [ param-option value....  ] res unitwidth font

DESCRIPTION

   addftinfo  reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric
   information that is used by the groff system.  The font file  with  the
   information  added  is written on the standard output.  The information
   added is guessed using some parametric information about the  font  and
   assumptions about the traditional troff names for characters.  The main
   information added is the heights and depths of characters.  The res and
   unitwidth  arguments should be the same as the corresponding parameters
   in the DESC file; font is the name of the file describing the font;  if
   font ends with I the font will be assumed to be italic.

OPTIONS

   --v prints the version number.

   All  other options change one of the parameters that are used to derive
   the heights and depths.  Like the existing quantities in the font file,
   each  value  is in inches/res for a font whose point size is unitwidth.
   param-option must be one of:

   --x-height
          The height of lowercase letters without ascenders such as x.

   --fig-height
          The height of figures (digits).

   --asc-height
          The height of characters with ascenders, such as b, d or l.

   --body-height
          The height of characters such as parentheses.

   --cap-height
          The height of uppercase letters such as A.

   --comma-depth
          The depth of a comma.

   --desc-depth
          The depth of characters with descenders, such as p, q, or y.

   --body-depth
          The depth of characters such as parentheses.

   addftinfo makes no attempt to use the specified parameters to guess the
   unspecified  parameters.   If  a parameter is not specified the default
   will be used.  The defaults are chosen to have  the  reasonable  values
   for a Times font.

SEE ALSO

   groff_font(5), groff(1), groff_char(7)

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