ADDFTINFO(1)                                                                                                        ADDFTINFO(1)



NAME
       addftinfo - add information to troff font files for use with groff

SYNOPSIS
       addftinfo [ -v ] [ -param value...  ] res unitwidth font

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 infor-
       mation added is the heights and depths of characters.  The res and unitwidth arguments should be the same as  the  corre-
       sponding 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 quanti-
       ties 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(5), groff(1), groff_char(7)



Groff Version 1.20.1                                     9 January 2009                                             ADDFTINFO(1)