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 information added is the heights and depths of  characters.	  The
       res  and	 unitwidth  arguments should be the same as the corresponding
       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  quantities	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 1.18.1.1		 27 June 2001			 ADDFTINFO(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. troff
2. file
3. groff
4. as
5. size