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NAME

       texfont - font installation tool for ConTeXt

SYNOPSIS

       texfont [ OPTION ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       TeXFont is a perl(1) script that helps to set up and install TeX fonts.
       It was designed for use with ConTeXt, but may also be helpful for users
       of  other  formats,  like  plain  TeX or LaTeX. Its use is described in
       detail in the files mtexfont.pdf and mfont.pdf.

OPTIONS

       --fontroot=path : texmf font root (automatically determined)

       --sourcepath=path : when installing, copy from this path (default: .)

       --sourcepath=auto : locate and use vendor/collection

       --vendor=name : vendor name (first level directory)

       --collection=name : font collection (second level directory)

       --encoding=name : encoding vector (default: texnansi)

       --slant=s : slant glyphs in font by factor (0.0 - 1.5)

       --extend=s : extend glyphs in font by factor (0.0 - 1.5)

       --caps=s : capitalize lowercase chars by factor (0.5 - 1.0)

       --noligs : remove ligatures

       --install : copy files from source to font tree

       --listing : list files on auto sourcepath

       --remove : remove files on auto sourcepath

       --makepath : when needed, create the paths

       --test : use test paths for vendor/collection

       --show : run tex on texfont.tex

       --batch : process given batch file

       --weight : multiple master weight

       --width : multiple master width

       --expert : also handle expert fonts

       --help : show some more info

SEE ALSO

       ·      texexec(1), fontinst(1), perl(1), texshow(1).

       ·      The ConTeXt Font manual, mfonts.pdf available  from  PRAGMA  ADE
              〈http://www.pragma-ade.com/dir/general/manuals/〉.

       ·      The TeXFont manual, mtexfont.pdf

       ·      The TeXExec manual, mtexexec.pdf.

       ·      ConTeXt wiki 〈http://www.contextgarden.net〉.

       ·      Donald E. Knuth´s The TeXbook.

AUTHOR

       This  manual page was written by Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>, for
       the  Debian  GNU/Linux  system,  and   modified   by   Sanjoy   Mahajan
       <sanjoy@mit.edu>.   It  may  be  used  and  modified  by others without
       contacting the authors.