MFT(1)

NAME
       mft - translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprint-
       ing

SYNOPSIS
       mft mf_file_name[.mf] [ [ -c ] or [  change_file_name[.ch]
       ] ] [ [ -s ] or [ style_file_name[.mft] ] ]

DESCRIPTION
       The  mft  program  creates a TeX file from a Metafont pro-
       gram.  It takes appropriate care  of  typographic  details
       like  page  layout  and  the  use of indentation, italics,
       boldface, etc., as illustrated in the book Computer Modern
       Typefaces.  Special conventions in Metafont comments allow
       you to control things that would not  otherwise  come  out
       right;  section  1  of the MFT source program in the Meta-
       fontware report explains these rules.

       The command line  has  one  required  file  name  and  two
       optional  file  names.   The  required  one  is a Metafont
       source file; there is also an optional change file  (which
       works  just  as the change files to tangle(1) and weave(1)
       do) and an optional style  file  (which  is  prepended  to
       everything).

       A  file name that doesn't contain a dot is always given an
       extension, either .mf (Metafont) or .ch (change)  or  .mft
       (style).  If  no  style  file is specified, the style file
       plain.mft is automatically used. The  change_file_name  is
       not searched for using any paths. The .mf file is searched
       for using the MFINPUTS environment variable  if  you  have
       set it, or else the system default:
       .:!!/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/meta-
       font//:!!/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/fonts/source//:/var/tmp/tex-
       fonts/source//
       The  style  file is searched for using the TEXINPUTS envi-
       ronment variable; its default value is:
       .:!!/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex//
       See tex(1) for the details of the searching.

       The output TeX file name is formed by using .tex in  place
       of the extension of mf_file_name.

OPTIONS
       Specify command-line options -c to suppress the reading of
       a change file, and -s to suppress the reading of  a  style
       file.

FILES
       /usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex/plain/base/mftmac.tex  TeX macros
                                                       used    by
                                                       mft   out-
                                                       put.

       /usr/lib/texmf/texmf/mft/plain.mft              Default
                                                       style
                                                       file.

       /usr/lib/texmf/texmf/mft/cmbase.mft             Style file
                                                       for   Com-
                                                       puter Mod-
                                                       ern.

SEE ALSO
       mf(1) weave(1). 
       Donald E. Knuth, Computer Modern Typefaces(Volume E of 
       Computers and  Typesetting),  Addison-Wesley,  1986,  ISBN
       0-201-13446-2.
       Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.

AUTHORS
       Donald  E.  Knuth  wrote  the program, and he ported it to
       Unix with the help of Pierre MacKay and the Unix  port  of
       weave  by Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis.  The program is
       published in the Metafontware technical report,  available
       from the TeX Users Group.