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dvipng

A fast DVI to PNG/GIF converter.

This program makes PNG and/or GIF graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. Its benefits include:
– Speed. It is a very fast bitmap-rendering code for DVI files, which makes it suitable for generating large amounts of images on-the-fly, as needed in preview-latex, WeBWorK and others;
– It does not read the postamble, so it can be started before TeX finishes. There is a `--follow` switch that makes dvipng wait at end-of-file for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that indicates the end of the DVI;
– Interactive query of options. dvipng can read options interactively through stdin, and all options are usable. It is even possible to change the input file through this interface.
– Support for PK, VF, PostScript Type1, and TrueType fonts, colour specials, and inclusion of PostScript, PNG, JPEG or GIF images.

The author is Jan-Åke Larsson.

License: gpl Version: 1.9 Catalogued: 2006-11-11

- Visit
  - Visit a nearby CTAN:/dviware/dvipng. If this fails, try Cambridge.
  - Visit Cambridge:/dviware/dvipng
- Download
  - Download from a nearby CTAN (automatically identified).
  - Download from Cambridge.
- Visit the Package Home Page
- Documentation
  - Package README: README.
  - Package documentation: http://www.nongnu.org/dvipng/.