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.\" first draft by Larry Kollar
.TH neatpost 1
.SH NAME
neatpost \- the neatroff PostScript post-processor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.I neatpost
.RB [ \-F \~\c
.IR dir ]
.RB [ \-p \~\c
.IR size ]
.RB [ \-w \~\c
.IR wid ]
.RI [< input ]
.RI [> output ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Neatpost
translates the device-independent output from
.IR neatroff ,
usually read on the standard input from a pipe,
into PostScript.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are available:
.IP "\-F \fIdir\fP" 9
Sets the font directory.
The default is typically
/usr/share/neatroff/font.
.IP "\-p \fIsize\fP"
Sets the paper size.
The
.I size
can be one of the following:
.RS
.IP \[bu] 3
Any standard metric paper size like
.BR a4 .
.IP \[bu]
One of the standard US paper sizes:
.BR letter ,
.BR legal ,
.BR ledger ,
or
.BR tabloid .
.IP \[bu]
A custom paper size, specified as
.IR width x height ,
in units of 0.1mm (1/254 inch).
For example,
.B 2100x2970
is equivalent to\~\c
.BR a4 .
.RE
.IP "\-w \fIwid\fP"
Sets the line thickness for drawing primitives,
in thousands of an em.
The default is 40.
.IP "\-n"
Always draw glyphs by name (ps glyphshow).
.IP "\-l"
Render pages in landscape mode.
.SH FILES
.IP "/usr/share/neatroff/font/*"
.I Neatroff
output device directories.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR neatroff (1),
.IR neatmkfn (1)