[Q] TFM files headers

[Tomas Rokicki]

A google search immediately returns

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX_font_metric

which has the appropriate reference to tftopl as well
as being a pretty easy read itself.

-tom

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 2:33 PM Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:

> On 12/09/2019 09:03, Didier Verna wrote:
> >
> >    Hello,
> >
> > I found information on the structure of Xerox PARC headers in .tfm
> > files. It seems, however, that other kinds of headers exist (for
> > instance, Adobe fonts such as pagk8y.tfm, as found in TeX Live).
> >
> > Does anyone know where I can find information about the headers I may
> > encounter, their structure, and how to distinguish them?
>
> I think details of the file formats is in Knuth's TeX - The Program, but
> if I am wrong I am sure someone has the correct information.
>
> Peter
>


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