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/usr/bin/afmtodit

GNU troff text-formatting system

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

usage: afmtodit [-ckmnsx] [-a slant] [-d device-description-file] [-e encoding-file] [-f internal-name] [-i italic-correction-factor] [-o output-file] [-w space-width] afm-file map-file font-description-file
usage: afmtodit {-v | --version}
usage: afmtodit --help

Generate a font description file for use with groff(1)'s 'ps' and
'pdf' output devices from an Adobe Font Metric file, afm-file.
See the afmtodit(1) manual page.
Options (8)
OptionDescriptionSource
--help displays-a slantman
-cInclude comments in the font description file identifying the PostScript font.man
-kOmit any kerning data from the groff font;man
-mPrevent negative left italic correction values.man
-nEmit no “ligatures” directives for this font;man
-qQuieten duplicate mapping warnings;man
-sEmit “special” directive to the font description file.man
-xIgnore groff's built-in Adobe Glyph List.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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