1 .TH ADDFTINFO @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
3 addftinfo \- add information to troff font files for use with groff
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34 .ie t .ds EL \fS\N'188'\fP
35 .el .ds EL \&.\|.\|.\&\
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48 .IR "param-option value" \*(EL
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60 reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric
61 information that is used by the groff system.
63 The font file with the information added is written on the standard
66 The information added is guessed using some parametric information
67 about the font and assumptions about the traditional troff names for
70 The main information added is the heights and depths of characters.
76 arguments should be the same as the corresponding parameters in the
79 is the name of the file describing the font;
84 the font will be assumed to be italic.
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92 prints the version number.
96 All other options change one of the parameters that are used to derive
97 the heights and depths.
99 Like the existing quantities in the font file, each
103 for a font whose point size is
111 The height of lowercase letters without ascenders such as x.
115 The height of figures (digits).
119 The height of characters with ascenders, such as b, d or l.
123 The height of characters such as parentheses.
127 The height of uppercase letters such as A.
131 The depth of a comma.
135 The depth of characters with descenders, such as p, q, or y.
139 The depth of characters such as parentheses.
144 makes no attempt to use the specified parameters to guess the
145 unspecified parameters.
147 If a parameter is not specified the default will be used.
149 The defaults are chosen to have the reasonable values for a Times
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157 .BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@),
158 .BR groff (@MAN1EXT@),
159 .BR groff_char (@MAN7EXT@)
171 in text mode and with
174 .BI "groffer" " n name"
177 in graphical mode (PDF, etc.).
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