edh@ux.acs.umn.edu (Eric D. Hendrickson) (05/13/91)
Can someone explain what an ATM file is? And what the .mf, .tfm, etc files are? I have looked for an FAQ in comp.fonts, no such thing it appears... Thanks, --eric
marcel@cs.caltech.edu (Marcel van der Goot) (05/16/91)
Eric D. Hendrickson (edh@ux.acs.umn.edu) asks > Can someone explain what an ATM file is? And what the .mf, .tfm, etc files > are? I have looked for an FAQ in comp.fonts, no such thing it appears... Here are the file types you'll most frequently encounter in a TeX environment. Any others that are important? xxx.tex --- TeX input file (text to be typeset and/or macro definitions). xxx.dvi --- Output file from TeX. Contains the description (for the printer) of the pages to be printed. xxx.mf --- Metafont input file (program-like description of characters that must be generated). xxx.gf --- Output file from Metafont, containing the description (for the printer) of the characters of the font. xxx.pk --- Alternative to xxx.gf (more compact). Can be generated from xxx.gf using the program GFtoPK. xxx.tfm --- Another output file from Metafont. Contains that part of the font description that is used by TeX (namely, the sizes and ligatures, but not the actual bit patterns). tfm = TeX font metric. [gf and pk files usually have some number in the name indicating the magnification of the font; tfm files are independent of the magnifcation.] xxx.pl --- Property list file. A (more-or-less) human-readable form of a tfm file (generated by TFtoPL). xxx.afm --- Adobe font metric file. The equivalent of a tfm file, but then for PostScript fonts. xxx.vf --- A virtual font file. Provides a mapping between fonts in different formats, so that TeX can use non-TeX fonts. (vf files are produced from vpl files by VPtoVF.) xxx.vpl --- Virtual property list file. The human-readable version of a vf file. Can be generated by hand, or, e.g., by afm2tfm. xxx.log --- Produced by various programs (e.g., TeX, Metafont). Contains a description of what the program did, what went wrong, etc. xxx.sty --- Style file. A file with TeX macros to be included by LaTeX. xxx.aux --- Auxiliary file containing cross-referencing information. Produced and read by LaTeX; also read by BibTeX. There are various other files that can be generated by LaTeX; see the LaTeX manual for a description (section C.10.1). xxx.bib --- Bibliography database. Read by BibTeX. xxx.bbl --- Bibliography file. Produced by BibTeX, read by LaTeX. xxx.atm --- File produced by an automatic teller machine to typeset your monthly statement. Marcel van der Goot .---------------------------------------------------------------- | Blauw de viooltjes, marcel@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu | Rood zijn de rozen; | Een rijm kan gezet | Met plaksel en dozen. |