NAME

       t1asm - assemble PostScript Type 1 font

SYNOPSIS

       t1asm [-a|-b] [-l length] [input [output]]

DESCRIPTION

       t1asm  assembles  Adobe Type 1 font programs into either PFA (hexadecimal) or PFB (binary) formats from a
       human-readable form. If the file output is not specified output goes to the standard output. If the  file
       input is not specified input comes from the standard input.

       t1asm  tokenizes  the  charstring  data  and performs eexec and charstring encryption as specified in the
       ``black book,'' Adobe Type 1 Font Format.

       The input must have a line of the form
              /-|{string currentfile exch readstring pop}executeonly def
       which defines the command, in this case `-|', that is to start charstring data. It is  an  error  not  to
       define such a command. Another common name for this command is `RD'.

       After the start of the Subrs array in the input, all open braces `{' not in a comment begin a charstring.
       Such  a  charstring is terminated by the next non-comment close brace `}'. Within such a charstring, only
       comments, integers, and valid charstring commands are allowed. Valid  charstring  command  names  can  be
       found  in  Adobe  Type  1 Font Format and other documents describing the newer Type 2 opcodes. The format
       within a charstring is unimportant as long as integers and commands are  separated  by  at  least  a  one
       whitespace  (space, tab, newline) character. Note that within charstrings, comments are discarded because
       they cannot be encoded.

OPTIONS

       --pfa, -a
            Output in PFA (ASCII) format.

       --pfb, -b
            Output in PFB (binary) format. This is the default.

       --block-length=num, -l num
            PFB only: Set the maximum output block length to num.  The default length  is  as  large  as  memory
            allows.

       --line-length=num, -l num
            PFA  only:  Set  the  maximum  length of encrypted lines in the output to num.  (These are the lines
            consisting wholly of hexadecimal digits.) The default is 64.

EXAMPLES

       % t1asm Utopia-Regular.raw > Utopia-Regular.pfb
       % t1asm -a Utopia-Regular.raw > Utopia-Regular.pfa

SEE ALSO

       t1disasm(1), t1ascii(1), t1binary(1), t1unmac(1), t1mac(1)

       Adobe   Type   1    Font    Format    is    available    free    from    Adobe    as    a    PDF    file.
       http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/T1_SPEC.PDF

       The  Type  2  Charstring  Format,  also  available  from  Adobe as a PDF file, describes the newer Type 2
       operators, which are also used in some multiple-master  Type  1  fonts  like  Adobe  Jenson  and  Kepler.
       http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/PDFS/TN/5177.Type2.pdf

AUTHORS

       Lee Hetherington (ilh@lcs.mit.edu)
       Eddie Kohler (ekohler@gmail.com)

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