fontinst(1)
π NAME π
fontinst β the little utility that runs TeX as fontinst, no cap π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
fontinst package
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
So here's the vibe, bestie: fontinst runs tex(1) with the --progname flag set to pretend to be the program fontinst β which lowkey affects the Karl Berry paths. That's it. That's the whole trick. π
Typing this:
fontinst fontinst.sty
will start tex(1) and hand you an interactive prompt β literally just a * β where you can type your fontinst commands, like, for example:
\latinfamily{ptm}{}\bye
Main character energy fr fr. π
πΈ SEE ALSO πΈ
tex(1)- The fontinst manual,
fontinst.texπ - Web page: <https://tug.org/applications/fontinst/> π
π BUGS π
Found something broken? Email your bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/fontinst> β that's a public mailing list, so everyone gets to see, iykyk π
π AUTHOR π
Thomas Esser β¨
This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It's now maintained as part of TeX Live. Slay. π«Ά
okay that's the whole page, bestie β TeX Live, 8 March 2022, fontinst(1), and the manual name was General Commands Manual in case you were wondering. bye bye ππ§πΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
- alpine 3.24: texlive-doc 2026.0-r0 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
- arch rolling: texlive-doc 2026.1-1 Β· GPL
- debian bookworm: texlive-font-utils 2022.20230122-4
- debian trixie: texlive-font-utils 2024.20250309-2
- fedora 43: texlive-fontinst 11:svn62517-93.fc43 Β· LPPL-1.3c
- fedora 43: texlive-fontinst 11:svn62517-95.fc43.1 Β· LPPL-1.3c
- fedora 44: texlive-fontinst 12:svn74240-105.fc44 Β· LPPL-1.3c
- fedora 44: texlive-fontinst 12:svn74240-111.fc44 Β· LPPL-1.3c
- opensuse-leap 16.0: texlive-fontinst-doc 2025.221.1.933svn74240-160000.3.1 Β· LPPL-1.0
- ubuntu noble: texlive-font-utils 2023.20240207-1
- ubuntu questing: texlive-font-utils 2024.20250309-2
- ubuntu resolute: texlive-font-utils 2025.20260124-1
- ubuntu stonking: texlive-font-utils 2026.20260711-2
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