.TH PLTOTF 1 "7 Jan 92"
.SH NAME
pltotf - convert property list files to font metric (tfm) format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pltotf
[-verbose] pl_file_name tfm_file_name
.SH DESCRIPTION
The 
.I pltotf
program translates a (human-oriented) property list file to a
(program-oriented) font metric file. Thus, after editing the property
list file, a TFM file can be generated for use with, for example,
.BR tex (1).
.PP
Both the
.I pl_file_name
and the
.I tfm_file_name
must be complete. No adding of default extensions or path searching is done.
.SH OPTIONS
Without the
.I -verbose
option,
.I pltotf
operates silently.  With it, a banner and progress report are printed on
.IR stdout .
See
.BR tex (1)
for the details of specifying options.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
tftopl(1)
.br
Donald Knuth,
.I TeXware, The METAFONTbook
.SH AUTHORS
Donald Knuth wrote the program. It was published as
part of the
.I TeXware
technical report, available from the TeX Users Group.
Howard Trickey, Pavel Curtis, and Richard Furuta originally ported it to
Unix.