pktype(1)

NAME

   pktype - verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text

SYNOPSIS

   pktype pk_file[pk]

DESCRIPTION

   This  manual  page  is  not  meant  to  be  exhaustive.   The  complete
   documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file  or
   manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.

   The  pktype  program translates a packed font file (pk) (output by, for
   example, gftopk(1) to a file that humans can read. It also serves as  a
   pk  file-validating program (i.e., if pktype can read it, it's correct)
   and as an example of a pk-reading program for other software that wants
   to read pk files.

   The  input  pk_file  on  the command line may omit the suffix `pk.  The
   plain text translation is always written to standard output.

   The output file gives a compact encoding of the packed encoding,  using
   conventions  described  in the source code. Run lengths of black pixels
   alternate with parenthesized run lengths of white pixels, and  brackets
   are used to indicate when a row should be repeated.

ENVIRONMENT

   pktype looks for pk_file in the usual places according to Kpathsea.

   See tex(1) for the details of the searching.

SEE ALSO

   dvitype(1), gftopk(1), gftype(1).
   Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.

AUTHORS

   Tomas  Rokicki  wrote the program, Donald E. Knuth originally ported it
   to Unix, Pierre MacKay  originally  adapted  it  for  compilation  with
   Web2c.

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