PRINTAFM(1)

💅 PRINTAFM(1) — the manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so picture this: it's a Ghostscript manual page, it's called printafm, and it's about to tell you everything it knows. which is, like, four things. but they're four iconic things, so let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

printafm — print the metrics from a Postscript font in AFM format using ghostscript 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

printafm fontname

that's it. one argument. fontname. she's low maintenance, we love her 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the way this works is: this script invokes gs(1) to print the metrics from a font, and it gives them to you in AFM format. that's the whole personality. no cap.

and where does the output go? stdout. straight to stdout, bestie. nowhere else. not a file, not a temp dir, not your ex's DMs. stdout. periodt 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• gs(1) — the main character. printafm is literally just a little cameo in her universe 🌈

⭐ VERSION ⭐

this document was last revised for Ghostscript version 10.04.0. so if you're reading this on some ancient build, respectfully, vibe check your install 🙈

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Artifex Software, Inc. are the primary maintainers of Ghostscript. the way they keep this whole thing alive?? obsessed. 💜

this manpage was written by George Ferguson. thank you George, we owe you one 🫶

no warnings here, no exit statuses, no environment variables, no bugs to report — she's a short and sweet queen and we stan a page that doesn't overstay its welcome ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! written for Ghostscript 10.04.0, dated 18 Sept 2024, and honestly? a little legend. mwah 💖🌸🦋💅