OPL2OFM(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, gather round: opl2ofm is literally the glow-up machine that converts Omega and TeX property list (.opl) files into font metric (.ofm) files ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

opl2ofm [options] oplfile[.opl] [ofmfile[.ofm]]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so opl2ofm takes your oplfile — which is that cute, human-readable property-list format file with the .opl extension, the one you can actually read with your eyes — and translates it into the binary Omega font metrics format, .ofm. it's giving "make it machine-readable, queen." 👑

by default the program writes its output to standard output (yes, your terminal, main character energy), or you can point it at a file by naming it as ofmfile. your call, no pressure. 🫶

and here's the slay part: the program also works with TeX property list files, producing TeX font metric (.tfm) files. versatile. iconic. ate and left no crumbs. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

first things first — for the details of command-line parsing, go check tex(1), okay? that's where the lore lives. 📖

  • -help — outputs a help message and exits. your lil "what is going on" button. 🙈
  • -verbose — outputs progress reports. for the girlies who need to know exactly how it's going at every step. 🔥
  • -version — outputs version information and exits. the "who am i, really" option. ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

omega(1), aleph(1), ofm2opl(1), ovf2ovp(1), ovp2ovf(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1).

the whole friend group, fr fr. go say hi. 👋

💜 AUTHOR 💜

okay, credit where credit is due, because we stan attribution in this house: the original pltotf program was written by D.E. Knuth. the updates for Omega were written by John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous. see also ofm2opl(1). 🫡

this manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. both the program and the man page are now maintained as part of TeX Live. no cap. 📚

bug reports and general discussion: https://lists.tug.org/omega — come chat, the group chat is open! 💌

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this vibe check was brought to you by Web2C 2026, dated 25 January 2026 — now go convert some font metrics, you gorgeous nerd 💖✨🌸
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