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afm2afm(1)


NAME

   afm2afm - reencode an afm file

SYNOPSIS

   afm2afm [-help] [-encoding encodingfile] [-kpx kpxfile] [-output
           outputfile] afmfile

DESCRIPTION

   afm2afm re-encodes an afm file.

   Metrics (including kerning data) for characters not present in the
   chosen encoding are excluded from the output, which resuls in
   (potentially much) smaller files.

   Additional kerning pairs can be added to the output file.  If you don't
   specify an encoding file, the afm file isn't re-encoded; however, all
   unused (unencoded) data is still pruned.

   The program also generates an entry for a dvips-style map file, but
   only if the afm file has been re-encoded and the output was written to
   file (i.e., if both the -encoding and -output options were specified).

OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS

   -help
       Print a short description of the syntax

   -encoding encodingfile
       Re-encode to the enconding in encodingfile

   -kpx kpxfile
       Read additional kerning pairs from kpxfile and add these to the
       output.  This option cannot be used to override values from the
       input afm file, since afm2afm will write both old and new values to
       the output!

       The kpxfile should contain kerning data in standard afm format,
       i.e. for each kerning pair there should be a line

           KPX <left_glyph> <right_glyph> <amount>

       All other lines in the kpxfile are ignored.

   -output outputfile
       Write the result to outputfile instead of "stdout".

   afmfile
       The afm file to be re-encoded.

   You may use either one or two dashes before options, and option names
   may be shortened to a unique prefix.

AUTHOR

   Marc Penninga <marcpenninga@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Marc Penninga.

LICENSE

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
   Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your
   option) any later version.  A copy of the GNU General Public License is
   included with afm2afm; see the file GPLv2.txt.

DISCLAIMER

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   General Public License for more details.

RECENT CHANGES

   (See the source code for the rest of the story.)

   2013-08-07  Added the -kpx command-line option.  Replaced all
               "given/when" constructions in the source code by "if"'s, to
               avoid warnings about experimental features in Perl 5.18 and
               later.

   2012-02-01  Refactored the code; added the "no re-encoding, only
               pruning" functionality.



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