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1.1     ! root        1: .ds dF /usr/lib/font
        !             2: .ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript
        !             3: .TH TROFFTABLE 1 "DWB 3.2"
        !             4: .SH NAME
        !             5: .B trofftable
        !             6: \- output a PostScript program that builds a font width table
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: \*(mBtrofftable\f1
        !             9: .OP "" options []
        !            10: .OP "" shortname
        !            11: .OP "" longname []
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .B trofftable
        !            14: writes a PostScript program on the standard output that builds a
        !            15: font width table or typesetter description file.
        !            16: The following
        !            17: .I options
        !            18: are understood:
        !            19: .TP 1.0i
        !            20: .OP \-t name
        !            21: Use
        !            22: .I name
        !            23: as the template for fonts not in the default set.
        !            24: Choose
        !            25: .MW R
        !            26: for proportionally spaced fonts and
        !            27: .MW CW
        !            28: for fixed width fonts.
        !            29: Try
        !            30: .MW ZD
        !            31: (ZapfDingbats) if the font has a non-standard
        !            32: character set.
        !            33: The default is
        !            34: .MR R .
        !            35: .TP 1.0i
        !            36: .OP \-C file
        !            37: Copy
        !            38: .I file
        !            39: into each PostScript table program;
        !            40: .I file
        !            41: must contain legitimate PostScript.
        !            42: .TP 1.0i
        !            43: .OP \-H hostdir
        !            44: Use
        !            45: .I hostdir
        !            46: as the host resident font directory.
        !            47: A file in
        !            48: .I hostdir
        !            49: that matches the name of the troff font is assumed to be a host
        !            50: resident font program and is included in the PostScript width
        !            51: table program.
        !            52: There is no default.
        !            53: .TP 1.0i
        !            54: .OP \-L file
        !            55: Use
        !            56: .I file
        !            57: as the PostScript prologue.
        !            58: .br
        !            59: The default is
        !            60: .MW \*(dQ/trofftable.ps
        !            61: .TP 1.0i
        !            62: .OP \-S file
        !            63: Use
        !            64: .I file
        !            65: as the shell library file.
        !            66: Overrides the choice made with the
        !            67: .OP \-T
        !            68: option.
        !            69: .TP 1.0i
        !            70: .OP \-T name
        !            71: Set the target device to
        !            72: .IR name .
        !            73: Device
        !            74: .I name
        !            75: means
        !            76: .br
        !            77: .MI \*(dF/dev name /shell.lib
        !            78: is the shell library file.
        !            79: There is no default.
        !            80: .PP
        !            81: One of
        !            82: .OP \-T
        !            83: or
        !            84: .OP \-S
        !            85: is required.
        !            86: If both are given
        !            87: .OP \-S
        !            88: wins.
        !            89: Either
        !            90: .OP \-H
        !            91: or
        !            92: .OP \-C
        !            93: can be used to include a host resident font.
        !            94: .PP
        !            95: The shell library file defines a collection of functions used to
        !            96: build troff tables.
        !            97: The default set of tables is the list of names returned by the
        !            98: .MW AllTables
        !            99: function.
        !           100: Changes to the default list can be made by updating the
        !           101: .MW BuiltinTables
        !           102: function.
        !           103: .PP
        !           104: .I Shortname
        !           105: is the name of the
        !           106: .B troff
        !           107: font and
        !           108: .I longname
        !           109: is the name of the PostScript font;
        !           110: .I longname
        !           111: can be omitted only if
        !           112: .I shortname
        !           113: is a default table name.
        !           114: PostScript table programs created by
        !           115: .B trofftable
        !           116: return data to the host computer using PostScript's
        !           117: .MW print
        !           118: operator.
        !           119: See
        !           120: .BR hardcopy (1)
        !           121: if you don't have access to the printer's serial port.
        !           122: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           123: Get the PostScript program that builds a width table for font
        !           124: .MR R :
        !           125: .EX
        !           126: trofftable -Tpost R >R.ps
        !           127: .EE
        !           128: If a font is not in the default set include the
        !           129: .B troff
        !           130: and PostScript font names:
        !           131: .EX
        !           132: trofftable -TLatin1 GL Garamond-Light >GL.ps
        !           133: .EE
        !           134: A font must be available on the printer when the table is built.
        !           135: Use
        !           136: .OP \-H
        !           137: or
        !           138: .OP \-C
        !           139: to include host resident fonts.
        !           140: .SH WARNINGS
        !           141: A width table will not build properly if the printer cannot access
        !           142: the PostScript font.
        !           143: .PP
        !           144: The
        !           145: .OP -TLatin1
        !           146: option only works on PostScript printers that support the full
        !           147: .SM ISO
        !           148: Latin-1 character set.
        !           149: The error message from older printers will likely indicate a missing
        !           150: .MW ISOLatin1Encoding
        !           151: array.
        !           152: .SH FILES
        !           153: .MW \*(dF/dev*/shell.lib
        !           154: .br
        !           155: .MW \*(dQ/dpost.ps
        !           156: .br
        !           157: .MW \*(dQ/trofftable.ps
        !           158: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           159: .BR dpost (1),
        !           160: .BR hardcopy (1),
        !           161: .BR postio (1),
        !           162: .BR troff (1),
        !           163: .BR buildtables (1),
        !           164: .BR font (5)

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