2 .TH ADDFTINFO @MAN1EXT@ "30 April 1990" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
4 addftinfo \- add information to troff font files for use with groff
8 .BI \- param\ value\fR.\|.\|.
15 reads a troff font file
16 and adds some additional font-metric information
17 that is used by the groff system.
18 The font file with the information added is written on the
20 The information added is guessed using
21 some parametric information about the font
23 about the traditional troff names for characters.
24 The main information added is the heights and depths of characters.
29 arguments should be the same as the corresponding parameters
32 is the name of the file describing the font;
37 the font will be assumed to be italic.
39 Each of the options changes one of the parameters that is used
40 to derive the heights and depths.
41 Like the existing quantities in the font
46 for a font whose point size is
52 The height of lowercase letters without ascenders such as x.
55 The height of figures (digits).
58 The height of characters with ascenders, such as b, d or l.
61 The height of characters such as parentheses.
64 The height of uppercase letters such as A.
70 The depth of characters with descenders, such as p,q, or y.
73 The depth of characters such as parentheses.
76 makes no attempt to use the specified parameters to guess
77 the unspecified parameters.
78 If a parameter is not specified the default will be used.
79 The defaults are chosen to have the reasonable values for
83 .BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@),
84 .BR groff (@MAN1EXT@),
85 .I "Groff Character Names"