PAPS(1) PAPS(1)
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NAME
paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango
SYNOPSIS
paps [options] files...
DESCRIPTION
paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language
rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline
curves through the pango ft2 backend.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below.
--landscape
Landscape output. Default is portrait.
--columns=cl
Number of columns output. Default is 1.
--font=desc
Set the font description. Default is Monospace 12.
--rtl
Do rtl layout.
--paper ps
Choose paper size. Known paper sizes are legal, letter, a4.
Default is A4.
--bottom-margin=bm
Set bottom margin in postscript points (1/72 inch). Default is
36.
--top-margin=tm
Set top margin. Default is 36.
--left-margin=lm
Set left margin. Default is 36.
--right-margin=rm
Set right margin. Default is 36.
--help
Show summary of options.
--header
Draw page header for each page.
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--markup
Interpret the text as pango markup.
--lpi
Set the lines per inch. This determines the line spacing.
--cpi
Set the characters per inch. This is an alternative method of
specifying the font size.
--stretch-chars
Indicates that characters should be stretched in the y-direction
to fill up their vertical space. This is similar to the texttops
behaviour.
AUTHOR
paps was written by Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>.
This manual page was written by Lior Kaplan <kaplan@debian.org>, for
the Debian project (but may be used by others).
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