afmtodit

Adobe font metrics to groff font description converter

TLDR

Convert AFM file to groff font

$ afmtodit [font.afm] [textmap] [fontname]

Include kerning information

$ afmtodit -k [font.afm] [textmap] [fontname]

Convert with encoding file

$ afmtodit -e [encoding.enc] [font.afm] [textmap] [fontname]

SYNOPSIS

afmtodit [-ckmnsvx] [-a n] [-d desc] [-e enc] [-f name] [-i n] [-o out] afm-file map-file font

afmtodit converts Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files to font description files suitable for use with the groff typesetting system. It creates the font metrics files that groff's PostScript driver needs to properly position and space characters when typesetting documents.
The tool maps PostScript glyph names to groff character names using a user-supplied map file, and can include kerning pairs and ligature information in the output. It also supports synthetic transformations such as oblique slanting, making it possible to generate italic variants from roman font metrics without a separate AFM file.

PARAMETERS

-a n

Slant angle for synthetic oblique fonts

-c

Include unnamed characters

-d file

DESC file for device resolution

-e file

Encoding file specifying character order

-f name

Internal font name

-i n

Italic correction values

-k

Include kerning information

-m

Prevent font name guessing

-n

No ligatures

-o file

Output file name

-s

Treat as special font

-v

Print version

CAVEATS

Requires valid AFM files from the font vendor. The text map file must correctly map PostScript glyph names. Output is specific to groff's PostScript driver.

HISTORY

afmtodit is part of GNU groff, developed since 1989. It enables the use of PostScript fonts in groff documents, extending the typesetting system beyond its original font set.