TEXFONT(1)

NAME
texfont - font installation tool for ConTeXt

SYNOPSIS
texfont [ OPTION ... ]

DESCRIPTION
TeXFont is a perl(1) script that helps to set up and install TeX fonts. It was designed for use with ConTeXt, but may also be helpful for users of other formats, like plain TeX or LaTeX. Its use is described in detail in the files mtexfont.pdf and mfont.pdf.

OPTIONS

--fontroot=path : texmf font root (automatically determined)

--sourcepath=path : when installing, copy from this path (default: .)

--sourcepath=auto : locate and use vendor/collection

--vendor=name : vendor name (first level directory)

--collection=name : font collection (second level directory)

--encoding=name : encoding vector (default: texnansi)

--slant=s : slant glyphs in font by factor (0.0 - 1.5)

--extend=s : extend glyphs in font by factor (0.0 - 1.5)

--caps=s : capitalize lowercase chars by factor (0.5 - 1.0)

--noligs : remove ligatures

--install : copy files from source to font tree

--listing : list files on auto sourcepath

--remove : remove files on auto sourcepath

--makepath : when needed, create the paths

--test : use test paths for vendor/collection

--show : run tex on texfont.tex

--batch : process given batch file

--weight : multiple master weight

--width : multiple master width

--expert : also handle expert fonts

--help : show some more info

SEE ALSO

texexec(1), fontinst(1), perl(1), texshow(1).

The ConTeXt Font manual, mfonts.pdf available from

The TeXFont manual, mtexfont.pdf

The TeXExec manual, mtexexec.pdf.

Donald E. Knuth's The TeXbook.

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system, and modified by Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu>. It may be used and modified by others without contacting the authors.