Converting Fonts from/to TYPO Format

Available Font Format Conversions

Fonts can be converted from TYPO format into a variety of other formats and back, as shown in the following table:

TYPO conversion capabilities
Convert	Convert	TYPO format	Foreign format
from TYPO	to TYPO _RT
t2oconv	o2tconv	Curve font	PostScript TYPE 1 font
t2Fconv	F2tconv	Curve font	F3 font
	f2tconv	Curve font	Fontographer packed PostScript
t2mconv		Curve font	METAFONT (source) font
t2pconv	p2tconv	Curve/Raster font	PostScript font
			AFM metrics file
t2econv		Curve/Raster font	PostScript Encapsulated Image (EPSF)
t2Iconv	I2tconv	Curve/Raster font	Ikarus IK or SC font (optional)
			Ikarus SP metrics file (optional)
t2sconv	s2tconv	Curve font	TYPO Raster font
t2Bconv	B2tconv	Raster font	BDF (X windows) font
t2xconv	x2tconv	Raster font	PCX raster image
t2gconv	g2tconv	Raster font	METAFONT GF, PK, PXL font
		METAFONT TFM or PL file
t2iconv	i2tconv	Raster font	TYPO or SUN Icon format, SUN Pixfont
t2rconv	r2tconv	Raster font	SUN rasterfile
t2vconv	v2tconv	Raster font	vfont font for SUN or VAX
t2bconv	b2tconv	Raster font	Frame Maker BFONT font
			Frame Maker BFM metrics file
t2Cconv		Curve/Raster font	Character encoding file

All these programs are also described in their man files, which are included in the TYPO release medium. There is, however, no need for the user to deal with the programs directly. Conversions are either automatically invoked by the File->Open and File->Save commands, or by the utility tconvert. tconvert and the corresponding TYPO ciommands bothsupply a single window-based user interface into all of the above font conversions. This allows the user to set the desired conversion options in an intuitive way, using menus and text entries.

For other conversions, it is possible to develop own conversion programs, using the TYPO font file format, as described in TYPO Font Formats.

When loading a font with the File->Open or File->Open Protected commands, TYPO automatically calls the corresponding program to convert that font into TYPO format. When saving a font with File->Save or File->Save as, TYPO automatically converts the file to the specified destination format.

Character Encoding Files

Converting a font does often involve assigning new codes to characters, e.g. when converting from and to Ikarus formats. Many font formats do not include character names, such as vfont or METAFONT format. On converting from these formats to TYPO, it is often desired to name the characters.

Both these problems are solved with Encoding Files. A section of an example Encoding File is shown in the following figure:
Encoding Files serve two purposes. First, they are used to assign names to characters which have no name in the input font. For instance, F3 fonts do not contain character names. The file F3Encoding assigns to each character position the name defined by the F3 standard encoding. The other purpose of Encoding Files is to move characters to different positions.
For example, on converting an Ikarus font (with Ikarus standard character positions) to a TYPO font (with F3 character positions), two Encoding Files are involved. The first one assigns names to the Ikarus characters; the entry in the first Encoding File
101 A
specifies that the character in position 101 is given the name A. The entry in the second Encoding File
65 A
will cause the character A to be moved to position 65.
While assigning names, if the source font of a conversion does already have some character names, the names from the Encoding File can be used either for only those characters which have no name in the original font or for all characters (always assignment).
The only font conversions not involving Encoding Files are extractions of simgle characters from fonts and the conversion of TYPO curve into TYPO raster fonts, and vice versa.
Several Encoding Files are provided with TYPO. These are described below. Notre that, for speed, some of the following files are hard-wired into the TYPO conversion tools, and changing them will not affect the conversion. To modify such an encoding, it is necessary to create a file with a new name that will contain the modified encoding.

A section of an encoding file
64 at

65 A

66 B

TYPO encoding files
Table name Hard-wired Table meaning

AdobeStandardEncoding yes Adobe standard Encoding

AdobeSymbolEncoding Adobe symbol font encoding

AdobeExpertEncoding Adobe Expert font encoding

AdobeExpertSubsetEncoding Adobe ExpertSubset encoding

AdobeDingbatsEncoding Adobe Dingbats encoding

ISOLatin1Encoding yes ISO 8859-1 Latin encoding

ISOLatin2Encoding ISO 8859-2 Latin encoding

ISOLatin3Encoding ISO 8859-3 Latin encoding

ISOLatin4Encoding ISO 8859-4 Latin encoding

ISOLatin8Encoding ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew encoding

ISOLatin9Encoding ISO 8859-9 Latin encoding

ISOLatinsEncoding ISO 8859-s Latin encoding

F3Encoding yes SUN F3 standard encoding

IkarusEncoding yes URW Ikarus standard encoding

PC437Encoding PC standard font encoding

MacEncoding yes Macintosh standard encoding

A section of an encoding file
64	at
65	A
66	B

TYPO *encoding files*
Table name	Hard-wired	Table meaning
AdobeStandardEncoding	yes	Adobe standard Encoding
AdobeSymbolEncoding		Adobe symbol font encoding
AdobeExpertEncoding		Adobe Expert font encoding
AdobeExpertSubsetEncoding		Adobe ExpertSubset encoding
AdobeDingbatsEncoding		Adobe Dingbats encoding
ISOLatin1Encoding	yes	ISO 8859-1 Latin encoding
ISOLatin2Encoding		ISO 8859-2 Latin encoding
ISOLatin3Encoding		ISO 8859-3 Latin encoding
ISOLatin4Encoding		ISO 8859-4 Latin encoding
ISOLatin8Encoding		ISO 8859-8 Latin/Hebrew encoding
ISOLatin9Encoding		ISO 8859-9 Latin encoding
ISOLatinsEncoding		ISO 8859-s Latin encoding
F3Encoding	yes	SUN F3 standard encoding
IkarusEncoding	yes	URW Ikarus standard encoding
PC437Encoding		PC standard font encoding
MacEncoding	yes	Macintosh standard encoding

Most of the conversions in tconvert allow the specification of a TYPO Encoding File, with the default TypoEncoding (this is actually the same encoding as F3Encoding). This default can be changed with the ENCODING button: (i) for the present tconvert session only, (ii) for all sessions initiated from the current directory, (iii) for all sessions called from different directories (for which no other default change was performed). The user is presented with a pop-up window, with an entry for the new encoding name, and a menu choosing between options (i) to (iii) above.

TYPO Curve to PostScript TYPE 1 Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Curve to PostScript TYPE 1 fonts:

TYPO Curve to PostScript TYPE 3 conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Font or print sample	Font	Produce a font
	Printer-resident font	Produce a font that remains known until the printer is switched off
	Sample print file	Produce a sample print file of the font; all encoded characters are displayed
	Sample print file/Markings	Like Sample print file; in addition, each character is shown together with ticks marking its base point and width
		Default: Font
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The PostScript FontName
Font full name		The PostScript FullName
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Em height in PostScript units		The desired Em height in PostScript points
		Default: 1000
Round coordinates to integers	Round end points	All end point coordinates are rounded to integral values; slopes of curves are, however, preserved
	Round also control points	All end point and control point coordinates are rounded to integral values
	No	Coordinates are not rounded
		Default: Round end points
TYPE 1 Encryption format	Binary	The font is in binary TYPE 1 (PFA) format; this is much shorter but not very suitable for communication purposes
	Hex ASCII	The font is in hexadecimal TYPE 1 (PFA) format
	PFB (PC)	The font is in TYPE 1 PFB format (often used on computers for downloading)
		Default: Binary
Line endings	Linefeed	Lines are terminated by the LINEFEED character; this is the UNIX standard
	Return	Lines are terminated by the RETURN character
	Linefeed/Return	Lines are terminated by the character pair LINEFEED-RETURN
	Return/Linefeed	Lines are terminated by the pair RETURN-LINEFEED; this is the DOS standard
		Default: Linefeed
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix); if zero, use 1/(point size)
		Default: 0
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix); if zero, use 1/(point size)
		Default: 0
Vertical character movement		The vertical offset from one character to the next (typically used for oriental languages)
		Default: 0
Character hints	Apply	Apply the hints specified in the font
	Ignore	Ignore all hints
		Default: Apply
Make Flex hints	Yes	Create Flex hints for low curvature arcs (for instance, for serifs with curved tops/bottoms)
	No	Do not create Flex hints
		Default: No
Use tie thresholds from font	Yes	Use the tie thresholds as specified in the font
	No	Use thresholds as specified below
		Default: Yes
Threshold point size		The point size below which tie-hinted points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Paint	Outline	Paint outlines only, PaintType == 2
	Fill	Fill the font using the wrap count strategy
		Default: Fill
Stroke width		Paint the outline with this width
		Default: 1

TYPO Curve to PostScript TYPE 3 Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Curve to PostScript TYPE 3 fonts:

TYPO Curve to PostScript TYPE 3 conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Font or print sample	Font	Produce a font
	Printer-resident font	Produce a font that remains known until the printer is switched off or reset
	Sample print file	Produce a sample print file of the font; all encoded characters are displayed
	Sample print file/Markings	Like Sample print file; in addition, each character is shown together with ticks marking its base point and width
		Default: Font
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The PostScript FontName
Font full name		The PostScript FullName
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only those characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix); if zero, use 1/(point size)
		Default: 0
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix); if zero, use 1/(point size)
		Default: 0
Vertical character movement		The vertical offset from one character to the next (typically used for oriental languages)
		Default: 0
Minimal caching point size		Fonts below this size will not use the PostScript font cache; rather, characters are recomputed at each occurrence (this option is useful only when working with hints)
		Default: 0
Character hints	Apply & Extrema	Apply the hints as specified in the font, as well as implicit hints
	Apply	Apply the hints as specified in the font, but do not apply implicit hints
	Ignore	Ignore all hints
		Default: Apply & Extrema
Use tie thresholds from font	Yes	Use the tie thresholds as specified in the font
	No	Use thresholds as specified below
		Default: Yes
Threshold point size for stem ties		The point size below which stem-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Threshold point size for beam ties		The point size below which beam-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Paint	As in font	Paint the font as specified in the font properties and in the characters
	Outline	Outline font, PaintType = 2, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
	Stroke	Stroke font, PaintType = 1, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
		Default: As in font
Stroke width		Paint the outline or stroke font with this width
		Default: 1

TYPO Curve to Ikarus Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Curve fonts to Ikarus IK fonts (this conversion program is an optional addition to the TYPO system): those characters without a prior name

TYPO Curve to Ikarus IK conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The font name
Font full name		The full name of the font
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: Yes
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: IkarusEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Reversed bytes format	No	Format used e.g. on SUN-3 and SUN-4 computers
	Yes	Format used e.g. on PC and VAX computers
		Default: No
Scale	Cap height -> 10000 IK units	The cap height is scaled to 10000 IK units
	Use scale factor	Scale according to the scale factor in the next option, converting from printers points to 0.01mm (i.e. 1 TYPO point gets mapped to scale factor*35.1416 IK units)
	1 TYPO unit -> 1 IK unit	Replace TYPO points by IK units
		Default: Cap height -> 10000 IK units
Scale factor		The scale factor
Use design size from font	Yes	Use the design size as specified in the font
	No	The design size is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Design size		The design size
		Default: 10
Stem width		The width of a stem in the font
Average character width		The average character width (based on international character frequency)

TYPO Curve to F3 Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Curve to F3 fonts:

TYPO Curve to F3 conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The PostScript FontName
Font full name		The PostScript FullName
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: F3Encoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Em height in PostScript units		The desired Em height in PostScript points
		Default: 1000
Encoding scheme		The encoding scheme name for the font header
		Default: latin
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix); if zero, use 1/(point size)
		Default: 0
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix); if zero, use 1/(point size)
		Default: 0
Vertical character movement		The vertical offset from one character to the next (typically used for oriental languages)
		Default: 0
Round coordinates in F3 space	Yes	All end point coordinates are rounded to the next multiple of 1/1024; slopes of curves are, however, preserved
	No	Coordinates are not rounded
		Default: Yes

TYPO Curve to METAFONT Source Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Curve fonts to METAFONT programs:

TYPO Curve to METAFONT Program conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name	Yes	Use the font name from the font
	No	Use the font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The font name
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Use design size from font	Yes	Use the design size as specified in the font
	No	The design size is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Design size		The design size
		Default: 10
Scale with (design size)/(point size)	Yes	The scale factor is (design size)/(point size)
	No	The scale factor is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Scale factor		The factor by which all characters are scaled on conversion
		Default: 1
Mode to use	lowres	Use the lowres mode
	proof	Use the proof mode
	Other	Use the mode specified below
		Default: lowres
Mode name		The name of the mode to use for Other above
Mode resolution		The resolution of the above mode
Output resolution		The intended device resolution, in dots/inch
		Default: 300
Inter-word space is SPACE	Yes	The width of the inter-word space is the same as that for the SPACE character (font position 32)
	No	The inter-word space is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Inter-word space		The amount of the inter-word space (in Em-s)
		Default: 0.35
Inter-word stretch		The amount of the inter-word space stretch (in Em-s)
		Default: 0.15
Inter-word shrink		The amount of the inter-word space shrink (in Em-s)
		Default: 0.1
Inter-sentence extra space		The amount of extra space in between sentences (in Em-s)
		Default: 0
Character hints	Apply & Extrema	Apply the hints as specified in the font as well as implicit hints
	Apply	Apply the hints as specified in the font, but do not apply implicit hints
	Ignore	Ignore all hints
		Default: Apply & Extrema
Use tie thresholds from font	Yes	Use the tie thresholds as specified in the font
	No	Use thresholds as specified below
		Default: Yes
Threshold point size for stem ties		The point size below which stem-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Threshold point size for beam ties		The point size below which beam-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Paint	As in font	Paint the font as specified in the font properties and in the characters
	Outline	Outline font, PaintType = 2, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
	Stroke	Stroke font, PaintType = 1, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
		Default: As in font
Stroke width		Paint the outline or stroke font with this width
		Default: 1

TYPO Curve to TYPO Raster Conversion

Converting TYPO Curve to TYPO Raster fonts is particularly useful when preparing screen fonts or other raster fonts based on a curve font. The curve characters are scan-converted into raster characters, in particular taking into account (unless otherwise stated) the stem and beam hints (see the Hints section) specified for the characters. The following options can be specified:

TYPO Curve to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Scale factor		The scale factor; if zero, use 1/(curve font point size)
		Default: 0
Resolution		The resolution in dots per inch of the intended output device
		Default: 81
Point size		The desired point size for the raster font
		Default: 10
Character hints	Apply & Extrema	Apply the hints as specified in the font as well as implicit hints
	Apply	Apply the hints as specified in the font, but do not apply implicit hints
	Ignore	Ignore all hints
		Default: Apply & Extrema
Use tie thresholds from font	Yes	Use the tie thresholds as specified in the font
	No	Use thresholds as specified below
		Default: Yes
Threshold point size for stem ties		The point size below which stem-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Threshold point size for beam ties		The point size below which beam-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Paint	As in font	Paint the font as specified in the font properties and in the characters
	Outline	Outline font, PaintType = 2, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
	Stroke	Stroke font, PaintType = 1, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
		Default: As in font
Stroke width		Paint the outline or stroke font with this width
		Default: 1
Filling pixel subdivision		Upon filling characters, increase the precision by computing nxI_(n) pixels per output pixel (4 is good quality, 1 is much faster)
		Default: 4
Embolden horizontally	No	Do nothing
	Embolden	Add one black pixel to the right of each black sequence
	Unembolden	Delete the rightmost pixel of each black sequence
		Default: No
Embolden vertically	No	Do nothing
	Embolden	Add one black pixel below each black column
	Unembolden	Delete the lowest pixel of each black column
		Default: No

TYPO Curve/Raster to Encoding File Conversion

Encoding files govern character mapping and naming and are described for Encoding Files. They are extracted from TYPO Raster/Curve fonts by taking the character names from the font, according to their positions. These options apply:

TYPO Curve/Raster to Encoding File conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1

TYPO Curve to PostScript Encapsulated Image Conversion

The following options apply for the extraction of a PostScript encapsulated image (EPSF) from TYPO Curve fonts:

TYPO Curve to PostScript encapsulated image conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Image name		A name for the image
		Default: (NULL) The character name from the font will be used
Character code		The font position from which to extract the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '0x'.
		Default: A
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor
		Default: 1
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor
		Default: 1
Character hints	Apply & Extrema	Apply the hints as specified in the font as well as implicit hints
	Apply	Apply the hints as specified in the font, but do not apply implicit hints
	Ignore	Ignore all hints
		Default: Apply & Extrema
Use tie thresholds from font	Yes	Use the tie thresholds as specified in the font
	No	Use thresholds as specified below
		Default: Yes
Threshold point size for stem ties		The point size below which stem-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Threshold point size for beam ties		The point size below which beam-tied points are to be moved
		Default: 0
Paint	As in font	Paint the font as specified in the font properties and in the characters
	Outline	Outline font, PaintType = 2, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
	Stroke	Stroke font, PaintType = 1, ignore all paint specifications in the font or in the characters
		Default: As in font
Stroke width		Paint the outline or stroke font with this width
		Default: 1

TYPO Curve/Raster to PostScript AFM File Conversion

AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) files are the standard format for PostScript width tables. They are extracted from TYPO Raster/Curve fonts as governed by the following options: if zero, use 1/(point size) for curves

TYPO Curve/Raster to PostScript AFM conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The PostScript FontName
Font full name		The PostScript FullName
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Round widths to integers	Yes	All widths are rounded to integral values
	No	Widths are not rounded
		Default: Yes
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix); if zero, use 1/(point size) for curves
		Default: 0 for curves, 0.024 for raster
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix);
		Default: 0 for curves, 0.024 for raster

TYPO Curve/Raster to Ikarus Metrics (SP) Conversion

The following options apply for the extraction of Ikarus metrics (SP) files from TYPO curve or raster fonts. (this conversion program is an optional addition to the TYPO system):

TYPO Curve/Raster to Ikarus metrics (SP) conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The font name
Font full name		The full name of the font
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: Yes
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: IkarusEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Scale	Cap height -> 10000 IK units	The cap height is scaled to 10000 IK units
	Use scale factor	Scale according to the scale factor in the next option, converting from printers points to 0.01mm (Curve fonts only) (i.e. 1 TYPO point gets mapped to scale factor*35.1416 IK units)
	1 Typo unit -> 1 IK unit	Replace TYPO points by IK units
	Use resolution	Compute the scale factor from the device resolution and design size (raster fonts only)
		Default: Cap height -> 10000 IK units
Scale factor		The scale factor (Curve fonts only)
Use design size from font	Yes	Use the design size as specified in the font
	No	The design size is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Design size		The design size
		Default: 10
Resolution from design size, body height	Yes	Compute the resolution from the body height and the design size
	No	The next two options determine the resolution
		Default: Yes
Horizontal resolution		The intended horizontal resolution in dots/inch
		Default: 300
Vertical resolution		The intended vertical resolution in dots/inch
		Default: 300

TYPO Curve/Raster to METAFONT Metrics Conversion

TFM (TEX Font Metrics) and PL (Property List) are the METAFONT metrics file formats. The following options apply for the extraction of METAFONT metrics files from TYPO curve or raster fonts. D. E. Knuth, The METAFONTbook, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA (1986).

TYPO Curve/Raster to METAFONT metrics conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Metrics format	TFM	Output the metrics in METAFONT TFM Format, as described in the METAFONTbook:
	PL	Output in the METAFONT Property List Format
		Default: TFM
Use existing font name	Yes	Use the font name from the font
	No	Use the font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The font name
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Round coordinates to integers	Round end points
		All end point coordinates are rounded to integral values; slopes of curves are, however, preserved
	Round also control points
		All end point and control point coordinates are rounded to integral values
	No	Coordinates are not rounded
		Default: Round end points
Use design size from font	Yes	Use the design size as specified in the font
	No	The design size is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Design size		The design size
		Default: 10
Inter-word space is SPACE	Yes	The width of the inter-word space is the same as that for the SPACE character (font position 32)
	No	The inter-word space is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Inter-word space		The amount of the inter-word space (in Em-s)
		Default: 0.35
Inter-word stretch		The amount of the inter-word space stretch (in Em-s)
		Default: 0.15
Inter-word shrink		The amount of the inter-word space shrink (in Em-s)
		Default: 0.1
Inter-sentence extra space		The amount of extra space in between sentences (in Em-s)
		Default: 0
Checksum		The font checksum
		Default: 0
Original curve font		For raster fonts only: The name of the TYPO curve font from which this raster font was generated; this will yield more precise width values
		Default: (none)

TYPO Curve/Raster to Frame Maker BFM Metrics Conversion

BFM files are the standard format for Frame Maker width tables. They are extracted from TYPO Raster/Curve fonts as governed by the following options:

TYPO Curve/Raster to Frame Maker metrics conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name	Yes	Use the font full name from the font
	No	Use the font full name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font full name		The font full name
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor if zero, use 1/(point size) for curves
		Default: 0 for curves, 0.024 for raster
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor if zero, use 1/(point size) for curves
		Default: 0 for curves, 0.024 for raster

TYPO Raster to PostScript Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Raster to fonts:

TYPO Raster to PostScript conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Font or print sample	Font	Produce a font
	Printer-resident font
		Produce a font that remains known until the printer is switched off
	Sample print file
		Produce a sample print file of the font; all encoded characters are displayed
	Sample print file/Markings
		Like Sample print file; in addition, each character is shown together with ticks marking its base point and width
		Default: Font
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The PostScript FontName
Font full name		The PostScript FullName
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix)
		Default: 0.024
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor (into the PostScript FontMatrix)
		Default: 0.024
Vertical character movement		The vertical offset from one character to the next (typically used for oriental languages)
		Default: 0

TYPO Raster to Ikarus SC Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Raster fonts to Ikarus SC fonts (this conversion program is an optional addition to the TYPO system):

TYPO Raster to Ikarus conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The font name
Font full name		The full name of the font
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: IkarusEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Scan Line Direction	Left-to-right	Scan lines are horizontal and are traversed left to right
	Right-to-left	Scan lines are horizontal and are traversed right to left
	Top-to-bottom	Scan lines are vertical and are traversed top to bottom
	Bottom-to-top	Scan lines are vertical and are traversed bottom to top
		Default: Left-to-right
Advance	Top-to-bottom	The next scan line is further down
	Bottom-to-top	The next scan line is further up
	Left-to-right	The next scan line is to the right
	Right-to-left	The next scan line is to the left
		Default: Top-to-bottom
Use design size from font	Yes	Use the design size as specified in the font
	No	The design size is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Design size		The design size
		Default: 10
Stem width		The width of a stem in the font
Average character width		The average character width (based on international character frequency)
Resolution from design size, body height	Yes	Compute the resolution from the body height and the design size
	No	The next two options determine the resolution
		Default: Yes
Horizontal resolution		The intended horizontal resolution in dots/inch
		Default: 300
Vertical resolution		The intended vertical resolution in dots/inch
		Default: 300
Compute dots/Em from body height	Yes	Compute the number of dots per Em from the body height
	No	The next two options determine the resolution
		Default: Yes
Horizontal dots/Em		The intended number of horizontal dots per Em
Vertical dots/Em		The intended number of vertical dots per Em

TYPO Raster to BDF Conversion Options

BDF is the standard font format for the X window system. The following options apply to the conversion of TYPO raster to BDF fonts.

TYPO Raster to BDF conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Use existing font name/font full name	Yes	Use the font name and full font name from the font
	No	Use the font name or full font name as specified below
		Default: Yes
Font name		The name of the font
Font full name		The long name of the font
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Resolution		The resolution (dots per inch) to which the font size applies
Vertical character movement		The vertical offset from one character to the next (typically used for oriental languages)
		Default: 0

TYPO Raster to METAFONT Raster (GF, PK, PXL) Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Raster to METAFONT raster fonts: as described in the METAFONTbook: D. E. Knuth, The METAFONTbook, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA (1986).

TYPO Raster to METAFONT Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Font format	GF	Output the font in METAFONT Generic Format,
	PK	Output in the METAFONT Packed Format
	PXL	Output in the METAFONT Pixel Format
		Default: GF
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Use design size from font	Yes	Use the design size as specified in the font
	No	The design size is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Design size		The design size
		Default: 10
Use resolution in font	Yes	Use the resolutions as specified in the font
	No	The resolutions are specified in the following two options
		Default: Yes
Horizontal resolution		The horizontal device resolution, in dots/inch
		Default: 300
Vertical resolution		The vertical device resolution, in dots/inch
		Default: 300
Checksum		The font checksum
		Default: 0
Original curve font		The name of the TYPO curve font from which this raster font was generated; this will yield more precise width values
		Default: (none)

TYPO Raster to VFONT Conversion Options

To convert a TYPO Raster font into vfont format, the following options apply:

TYPO Raster to *vfont* conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Character location	Bounding box	The character is positioned as far left/up as possible
	Fixed	The characters are placed such that all the base points are in the same position and the character boxes are of the same size
		Default: Bounding box
Reversed bytes format	No	Write the font in SUN vfont format
	Yes	Write the font in VAX vfont format (reversed bytes)
		Default: No

TYPO Raster to SUN Pixfont Conversion Options

This conversion transforms a TYPO Raster font into a SUN Pixfont, typically to be included in a C program as an include file.

TYPO Raster to SUN Pixfont conversion options
Option Value Meaning

Character names on input Unchanged Do not change the names of characters

Synthetic Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode

Encoding file Assign names from the encoding file specified below

Default: Unchanged

New character names Where missing Assign names only to those characters without a prior name

Always Assign names to all characters in the font

Default: Where missing

Character names from file The character names are assigned according to this encoding file

Default: TypoEncoding

Change character positions No Character positions are not changed

Yes Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file

Default: No

Output encoding file The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions

Default: AdobeStandardEncoding

Choose master font no. The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font

Default: 1

TYPO Raster to Frame Maker BFONT Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of TYPO Raster to Frame Maker BFONT fonts:

TYPO Raster to Frame Maker BFONT conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
-BFONT type	ScreenFont	Output the font in BFONT MakerScreenFont format
	XScreenFont	Output the font in BFONT MakerXScreenFont format
		Default: ScreenFont
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: TypoEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1

TYPO Raster to TYPO Curve Conversion

Converting TYPO Raster to TYPO Curve fonts is particularly useful when preparing curve fonts from scanned images or when producing line art from a raster image. The (external and internal) outlines in the raster characters are automatically traced by curve paths. The following options can be specified: minima/maxima or inflections

TYPO Raster to TYPO Curve conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Scale factor		The scale factor
		Default: 1
Point size		The point size
		Default: 1000
Split curves at	Nowhere	Do not take into account
	Extrema	Split curves at minima and maxima
	Inflections	Split curves at inflection points
	Extrema & Inflections	Split curves at inflection points and minima/maxima
		Default: Inflections
Maximal error tolerance		The maximal distance (in pixels) of an outline pixel to its curve
		Default: 2.0
Average error tolerance		The allowed average distance (in pixels) of outline pixels to their curve
		Default: 1.0
Ignore outlines of length less than		Minimal outline size (in pixels) to trace
		Default: 10
Initial fit length		The number of pixels to initially use for fitting each curve (typically about 5-10% of the raster character height in pixels)
		Default: 64
Shortest curve to be matched		The minimal number of pixels to match a curve to
		Default: 10
Maximal corner angle		The maximal angle in degrees at which a point is still considered a corner
		Default: 125
Fit shape with	Curves only	Only Bézier curves are used for tracing the raster shape
	Lines/curves	Use lines and curves for tracing the raster shape
		Default: Lines/curves

TYPO Raster to PostScript Encapsulated Image Conversion

The following options apply for the extraction of a PostScript encapsulated image (EPSF) from TYPO Raster fonts:

TYPO Raster to PostScript encapsulated image conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Image name		A name for the image
		Default: (NULL) The character name from the font will be used
Character code		The font position from which to extract the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '\0x'.
		Default: A
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1
Horizontal scale factor		The horizontal scale factor
		Default: 1 for curves, 0.24 for raster
Vertical scale factor		The vertical scale factor
		Default: 1 for curves, 0.24 for raster

TYPO Raster to SUN RASTERFILE Conversion

A single character may be extracted from a TYPO Raster font to be converted into SUN rasterfile format.

TYPO Raster to SUN *rasterfile* conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character code		The font position from which to extract the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '\0x'.
		Default: A
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1

TYPO Raster to PCX Conversion

A single character may be extracted from a TYPO Raster font to be converted into PCX format.

TYPO Raster to PCX conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character code		The font position from which to extract the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '\0x'.
		Default: A
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1

TYPO Raster to TYPO Icon Conversion Options

Sets of icons, cursor images, or other pixel images can also be maintained as TYPO Raster fonts. This conversion transforms a TYPO Raster font into a TYPO Icon file. This is an include file allowing the simultaneous inclusion of more than one definition into a C program. The definitions are of the form: static short name[] = { pixel data as in SUN icon format } A TYPO Icon entry

TYPO Raster to TYPO Icon conversion options
Option Value Meaning

Character names on input Unchanged Do not change the names of characters

Synthetic Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode

Encoding file Assign names from the encoding file specified below

Default: Unchanged

New character names Where missing Assign names only to those characters without a prior name

Always Assign names to all characters in the font

Default: Where missing

Character names from file The character names are assigned according to this encoding file

Default: TypoEncoding

Change character positions No Character positions are not changed

Yes Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file

Default: No

Output encoding file The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions

Default: AdobeStandardEncoding

Choose master font no. The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font

Default: 1

Character type Pixrect This is an arbitrary raster image

Icon This is an icon image and is resized (trimmed or expanded) to 64x64

Cursor This is a cursor image and is resized (trimmed or expanded) to 16x16

Default: Pixrect

TYPO Raster to SUN Icon Conversion

A single character may be extracted from a TYPO Raster font to be converted into SUN Icon format (and may then also be processed with iconedit).

TYPO Raster to SUN Icon conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character type	Pixrect	This is an arbitrary raster image
	Icon	This is an icon image and is resized (trimmed or expanded) to 64x64
	Cursor	This is a cursor image and is resized (trimmed or expanded) to 16x16
		Default: Pixrect
Character code		The font position from which to extract the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '\0x'
		Default: A
Choose master font no.		The ordinal of the font to be chosen for conversion if this is a multiple master font
		Default: 1

PostScript TYPE 1 to TYPO Curve Conversion Options

PostScript TYPE 1 fonts may be converted to TYPO Curve fonts. appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted

PostScript TYPE 1 to TYPO Curve conversion
Option	Value	Meaning
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name
		Default: Yes
For hybrid high/low resolution fonts get	High resolution master	Get the high resolution master in fonts which contain both a high and low resolution version
	Low resolution master	Get the low resolution master
	Both masters	Make a multiple master font containing both masters
		Default: Both masters
Scale factor		All characters are to be scaled by this factor
		Default: 1
Base point coordinates from bounding box	Yes	The characters are placed such that the font bounding box top-left is at (0,0)
	No	The characters are placed according to the following options
		Default: Yes
Default base point X		The x coordinate for the base points
Default base point Y		The y coordinate for the base points

PostScript TYPE 3 to TYPO Curve/Raster Conversion Options

PostScript TYPE 3 curve fonts may be converted to TYPO Curve fonts, and PostScript TYPE 3 raster fonts may be converted to TYPO Raster fonts. This conversion does not recognize the full PostScript language. Rather, it recognizes a small subset and is primarily used to re-translate to TYPO format those fonts converted to PostScript from TYPO format. It will also convert other PostScript fonts, as long as these are structured like those fonts obtained using tconvert (i.e. t2pconv).

PostScript TYPE 3 Curve/Raster to TYPO Curve/Raster conversion
Option	Value	Meaning
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Scale factor		All characters are to be scaled by this factor
		Default: 1
Base point coordinates from bounding box	Yes	The characters not having a base_T directive are placed such that the font bounding box top-left is at (0,0)
	No	The characters not having a base_T directive are placed according to the following options
		Default: Yes
Default base point X		The x coordinate for the base points
Default base point Y		The y coordinate for the base points

Ikarus IK/SC to TYPO Curve/Raster Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of Ikarus IK and Ikarus SC fonts to TYPO Curve fonts, as well as the extraction of kerning and spacing information (obtaining a TYPO Curve font with empty characters) from Ikarus SP metrics files (this conversion program is an optional addition to the TYPO system):

Ikarus IK/SP to TYPO Curve/Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Encoding file
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: IkarusEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Specify a fixed base point	No	Place the character according to the Ikarus coordinates, with the base point according to the maximal y value
	Yes	Place the base point in a fixed position according to the following two options
Base point X		The x coordinate for the base points
Base point Y		The y coordinate for the base points
Scale	Body size -> 1000 TYPO units	The body size is scaled to 1000 TYPO points
	Use scale factor	Scale according to the scale factor in the next option, converting from printers points to 0.01mm (i.e. 1 TYPO point gets mapped to scale factor*35.1416 IK units)
	1 Typo unit -> 1 IK unit	Replace TYPO points by IK units
		Default: Body size -> 1000 Typo units
Scale factor		The scale factor

F3 to TYPO Curve Conversion Options

F3 fonts may be converted to TYPO Curve fonts. The conversion of encrypted F3 fonts to TYPO fonts is, however, not made available.

F3 to TYPO Curve conversion
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Encoding file
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: F3Encoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Destination point size		The point size to which the input font is to be scaled
		Default: 1
Interpret properties in font header	Yes	The standard font header of F3 fonts contains some font properties. These are extracted.
	No	No font properties are extracted from the font header
		Default: Yes

Fontographer to TYPO Curve Conversion Options

Compressed format Fontographer PostScript TYPE 3 fonts may be converted to TYPO Curve fonts according to the following options:

Fontographer Curve to TYPO Curve conversion
Option	Value	Meaning
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Scale factor		All characters are to be scaled by this factor
		Default: 1
Base point coordinates from bounding box	Yes	The characters are placed such that the font bounding box top-left is at (0,0)
	No	The characters are placed according to the following options
		Default: Yes
Default base point X		The x coordinate for the base points
Default base point Y		The y coordinate for the base points

BDF to TYPO Raster Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of BDF fonts to TYPO Raster fonts.

BDF to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes

METAFONT Raster (GF, PK, PXL) to TYPO Raster Conversion

The following options apply for the conversion of METAFONT Raster to TYPO Raster fonts:

METAFONT Raster to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Encoding file
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes
Use design size as point size	Yes	The resulting font point size is the same as the design size
	No	The resulting font point size is specified in the following option
		Default: Yes
Font point size for conversion		The resulting point size
		Default: 10

VFONT to TYPO Raster Conversion Options

The following options apply to the conversion of vfont fonts into TYPO Raster format. This conversion detects automatically whether the font was written in reversed-byte format (VAX) or not.

*vfont* to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Encoding File
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes

Frame Maker BFONT to TYPO Raster Conversion

The following options can be set when converting Frame Maker BFONT fonts into TYPO Raster format. The conversion program automatically detects whether the file is written in MakerScreenFont format or MakerXScreenFont format.

BFONT to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Encoding file
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes

PCX to TYPO Raster Conversion

A TYPO Raster font consisting of a single character may be generated from a PCX image file. This may either be a one-bit-per-pixel (monochrome) or eight-bit-per-pixel (color) file. For the color case, the color map in the file can either be considered or ignored, and a threshold value can be provided.

PCX to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character full name		A name for the character to be stored in the font
		Default: (none)
Character code		The font position at which to store the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '\0x'.
		Default: A
Threshold value for 8-bit files		Every dot with value > threshold is black, otherwise white (unless Invert is used)
		Default: 1
Use the color map before thresholding	Yes	Use the pixel value as a lookup table index, get the value from the lookup table, and threshold subsequently
	No	Do not use the lookup table
		Default: No
Invert	Yes	Make a negative of the resulting image, i.e. make each white pixel black and each black pixel white
	No	The image stays positive
		Default: No

SUN RASTERFILE to TYPO Raster Conversion

A TYPO Raster font consisting of a single character may be generated from a SUN rasterfile. This may either be a one-bit-per-pixel (monochrome) or eight-bit-per-pixel (color) file. For the color case, the color map in the file can either be considered or ignored, and a threshold value can be provided.

SUN *rasterfile* to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character full name		A name for the character to be stored in the font
		Default: (none)
Character code		The font position at which to store the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '\0x'.
		Default: A
Threshold value for 8-bit files		Every dot with value > threshold is black, otherwise white (unless Invert is used)
		Default: 255
Use the color map before thresholding	Yes	Use the pixel value as a lookup table index, get the value from the lookup table, and threshold subsequently
	No	Do not use the lookup table
		Default: No
Invert	Yes	Make a negative of the resulting image, i.e., make each white pixel black and each black pixel white
	No	The image stays positive
		Default: No

TYPO Icon and SUN Pixfont to TYPO Raster Conversion Options

The following options can be set when converting a TYPO Icon file or a SUN Pixfont font into TYPO Raster format.

TYPO icon to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character names on input	Unchanged	Do not change the names of characters
	Synthetic	Assign synthetic names of the form Glyph_hexcode
	Encoding file	Assign names from the encoding file specified below
		Default: Unchanged
New character names	Where missing	Assign names only to those characters without a prior name
	Always	Assign names to all characters in the font
		Default: Where missing
Character names from file		The character names are assigned according to this encoding file
		Default: AdobeStandardEncoding
Change character positions	No	Character positions are not changed
	Yes	Character positions are changed according to the following encoding file
		Default: No
Output encoding file		The name of the encoding file specifying the new character positions
		Default: TypoEncoding
Include unencoded characters	Yes	All characters from the input font are included in the output font
	No, don"t warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included
	No, but warn	Only the characters whose name appears in the output encoding file are included; in addition, a warning message is displayed for each character omitted
		Default: Yes

SUN Icon to TYPO Raster Conversion Options

A TYPO Raster font consisting of a single character may be generated from a SUN icon file.

SUN Icon to TYPO Raster conversion options
Option	Value	Meaning
Character full name		A name for the character to be stored in the font
		Default: (none)
Character code		The font position at which to store the character; a single ASCII character, a decimal number preceded by a backslash ('\)', an octal number preceded by '\0', or a hexadecimal number preceded by '\0x'.
		Default: A