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'''Packed Font File Format''' ('''PK''') is a bitmap font format associated with Metafont and [[TeX]].
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'''Packed Font File Format''' ('''PK''') is a bitmap font format associated with [[Metafont]] and [[TeX]].
  
 
== Identifiers ==
 
== Identifiers ==
The file extension is usually a number, followed by "pk".
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The file extension is usually a number (of dots per inch), followed by "pk".
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
Files begin with {{magic|f7 59}}.
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Files begin with {{magic|f7 59}}. The last byte has decimal code 245 or 246; if 246 then it ends with a code 245 followed by one or more of code 246.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
 
* [https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb06-3/tb13pk.pdf Packed (PK) Font File Format]
 
* [https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb06-3/tb13pk.pdf Packed (PK) Font File Format]
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* [http://www.davidsalomon.name/DC4advertis/PKfonts.pdf PK Font Compression]
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* [http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/doc/encguide.pdf LaTeX font encodings] - Documents some of the character encodings that PK fonts might use
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [[Netpbm]]: pbmtopk, pktopbm
 
* [[Netpbm]]: pbmtopk, pktopbm
 
* [ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/TeX/TeX-3.141/Unsupported/MFpxl/CMFpxlware/ pktopx/pxtopk in C]
 
* [ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/TeX/TeX-3.141/Unsupported/MFpxl/CMFpxlware/ pktopx/pxtopk in C]
* Metafont (GFtoPK, PKtoPX, PXtoPK)
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* [[Metafont]] (GFtoPK, PKtoPX, PXtoPK)
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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[[Category:File formats with too many extensions]]
 
[[Category:File formats with too many extensions]]
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[[Category:TeX]]

Revision as of 03:30, 4 February 2020

File Format
Name PK font
Ontology
Extension(s) .pk, others

Packed Font File Format (PK) is a bitmap font format associated with Metafont and TeX.

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Identifiers

The file extension is usually a number (of dots per inch), followed by "pk".

Identification

Files begin with f7 59. The last byte has decimal code 245 or 246; if 246 then it ends with a code 245 followed by one or more of code 246.

See also

Specifications

Software

Sample files

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