ttfwrapper - wraps a True Type font into PostScript Type42 format

NAME

ttfwrapper - wraps a True Type font into PostScript Type42 format

SYNOPSIS

  ttfwrapper [options] [input]
    -output XXX         writes output to file XXX instead of standard output
    -afm                writes metrics (AFM) instead of the Type42 data
    -help               this message
    -ident              show identification
    -verbose            verbose information

DESCRIPTION

ttfwrapper converts a True Type font to PostScript font.

The program takes, as command line argument, the name of a True Type font file. The font data will be wrapped in Type42 format and written to the output.

ttfwrapper depends on the capabilities of the modules PostScript::Font and Font::TTF.

OPTIONS

-output filename
Writes the output to the named file. If this option is omitted, output is sent to standard output.

-afm
Output the font metrics in AFM format.

-help
Print a brief help message and exits.

-ident
Prints program identification.

-verbose
More verbose information.

AUTHOR

Johan Vromans, Squirrel Consultancy <jvromans@squirrel.nl>

COPYRIGHT and DISCLAIMER

This program is Copyright 2002,1999 by Squirrel Consultancy. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or b) the ``Artistic License'' which comes with Perl.

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 either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.

 ttfwrapper - wraps a True Type font into PostScript Type42 format