11. BZRto

BZRto translates an outline font that's in our home-grown BZR outline font format (described below) to some other form: Metafont, Type 1 PostScript, Type 3 PostScript, or BPL.

BPL format is simply a human-readable form of BZR files. See section 12.1 BPL files. We discuss the other output forms below.

Besides straight format conversion, BZRto can also:

• merge fonts, possibly of different sizes (see the `-concat' option in 11.5 Invoking BZRto);

• slant fonts, so the oblique version of a font can be made without respecifying the character shapes (see the `-oblique-angle' option);

• create new characters by combining existing ones, via a fairly general command language (see section 11.4 CCC files).

11.1 Metafont and BZRto Output as a Metafont program.

11.2 Type 1 PostScript fonts and BZRto Output as a Type 1 PostScript font.

11.3 Type 3 PostScript fonts and BZRto Output as a Type 3 PostScript font.

11.4 CCC files Creating additional characters.

11.5 Invoking BZRto Command-line options.

11.6 BZR files The technical definition of BZR format.