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pfbtops: translate Printer Font Binary files to PostScript ASCII

NAME

pfbtops - translate Printer Font Binary files to PostScript ASCII

SYNOPSIS

[pfb-file] --help -v --version

DESCRIPTION

pfbtops translates a PostScript font in Printer Font Binary (PFB) format to ASCII, splitting overlong lines in text packets into smaller chunks. If pfb-file is omitted, the PFB file will be read from the standard input. The ASCII format PostScript font will be written on the standard output. PostScript fonts for MS-DOS are normally supplied in PFB format.

The resulting ASCII format PostScript font can be used with groff, if it is first listed in /usr/:share/:groff/:1.22.4/:font/:devps/:download and /usr/:share/:groff/:1.22.4/:font/:devpdf/:download.

OPTIONS

--help
Display a usage message and exit.
-v
--version Display version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

grops(1), gropdf(1)

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