addftinfo
add information to troff font files for use with groff
see also :
groff
Synopsis
addftinfo
[ -v ] [
-param value... ] res unitwidth
font
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
aclocal ............ automake
acm ..................... acm
addbbox ............ geomview
addftinfo ............. groff
addr2line .......... binutils
description
addftinfo
reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric
information that is used by the groff system. The font file
with the information added is written on the standard
output. The information added is guessed using some
parametric information about the font and assumptions about
the traditional troff names for characters. The main
information added is the heights and depths of characters.
The res and unitwidth arguments should be the
same as the corresponding parameters in the DESC file;
font is the name of the file describing the font; if
font ends with I the font will be assumed to
be italic.
options
-v
prints the version number.
All other
options changes one of the parameters that is used to derive
the heights and depths. Like the existing quantities in the
font file, each value is in inches/res for a
font whose point size is unitwidth. param must
be one of:
x-height
The height of lowercase letters
without ascenders such as x.
fig-height
The height of figures
(digits).
asc-height
The height of characters with
ascenders, such as b, d or l.
body-height
The height of characters such
as parentheses.
cap-height
The height of uppercase letters
such as A.
comma-depth
The depth of a comma.
desc-depth
The depth of characters with
descenders, such as p,q, or y.
body-depth
The depth of characters such as
parentheses.
addftinfo
makes no attempt to use the specified parameters to guess
the unspecified parameters. If a parameter is not specified
the default will be used. The defaults are chosen to have
the reasonable values for a Times font.
see also
groff _font,
groff, groff_char