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19.TH PFBTOPS @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
20.SH NAME
21pfbtops \- translate a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII
22.SH SYNOPSIS
23.B pfbtops
24[
25.I pfb_file
26]
27.SH DESCRIPTION
28.B pfbtops
29translates a PostScript font in
30.B .pfb
31format to ASCII, splitting overlong lines in text packets into smaller
32chunks.
33If
34.I pfb_file
35is omitted the pfb file will be read from the standard input.
36The ASCII format PostScript font will be written on the standard output.
37PostScript fonts for MS-DOS are normally supplied in
38.B .pfb
39format.
40.LP
41The resulting ASCII format PostScript font can be used with groff.
42It must first be listed in
43.BR @FONTDIR@/devps/download .
44.SH "SEE ALSO"
45.BR grops (@MAN1EXT@)
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