miktex-gftodvi 1 &PACKAGE_NAME; &miktexrev; User Commands
miktex-gftodvi make proof sheets from generic font files
`miktex-gftodvi` option gffile

## Description

The &miktexgftodvi; program converts a generic font (&GF;) file output by, for example, &METAFONT;, to a device independent (&DVI;) file (that can then be typeset using the same software that has already been written for). The characters in the &GF; file will appear one per page, with labels, titles, and annotations as specified in Appendix H (Hardcopy Proofs) of The METAFONTbook.

&miktexgftodvi; uses other fonts in addition to the main &GF; file. A gray font is used to typeset the pixels that actually make up the character. (We wouldn't want all the pixels to be simply black, since then labels, key points, and other information would be lost.) A title font is used for the information at the top of the page. A label font is used for the labels on key points of the figure. A slant font is used to typeset diagonal lines, which otherwise have to be simulated using horizontal and vertical rules. The default gray, title, and label fonts are `gray`, `cmr8`, and `cmtt10`, respectively; there is no default slant font.

To change the default fonts, you can give special commands in your source file, or you can change the fonts on the command-line.

The &GF; file name on the command-line must be complete. Because the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make sense to append a default extension as is done with other &DVI;-reading software. The output file name defaults to the same root as the &GF; file, with the `.dvi` extension added. For example, the input file `cmr10.2602gf` would become `cmr10.dvi`.

## Options

`--gray-font=font`

  Sets the gray font. Default is `gray`.

--gray-font=font
`--label-font=font`

  Sets the label font. Default is `cmtt10`.

--label-font=font
`--logo-font=font`

  Sets the logo font. Default is `logo8`.

--logo-font=font
`--overflow-label-offset=real`

  Specifies the distance from the right edge of the character bounding box at which the overflow equations (if any) are typeset. The value is given in points. The default is a little over two inches.

--overflow-label-offset=real
`-slant-font=font`

  Sets the slant font. There is no default.

-slant-font=font
`-title-font=font`

  Sets the title font. Default is `cmr8`.

-title-font=font

## Environment

## See also

- miktex-mf 1