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/usr/bin/hpftodit

GNU troff text-formatting system

From groff 1.25.0-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-10 by running hpftodit --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: /usr/bin/hpftodit [-aqs] [-i n] tfm-file map-file output-font
usage: /usr/bin/hpftodit -d tfm-file [map-file]
usage: /usr/bin/hpftodit {-v | --version}
usage: /usr/bin/hpftodit --help

Create a font description file for use with a Hewlett-Packard
LaserJet 4-series (or newer) printer and the grolj4(1) output driver
of groff(1), using data from an HP tagged font metric (TFM) file.
See the hpftodit(1) manual page.
Options (5)
OptionDescriptionSource
--help displaysman
-aInclude glyphs in the TFM file that are not included in map-file.man
-dDump information about the TFM file to the standard output stream;man
-qSuppress warnings about glyphs in the map file that were not found in the TFM file.man
-sAdd the special directive to the font description file, affecting the order in which HP symbol sets are searched for each glyph.man
Exit status (3) from the manual page
0successful operation
2the program cannot interpret its command-line arguments
1it encounters an error during operation

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