DVICOPY(1) Web2C 2026 DVICOPY(1)

dvicopy, odvicopy - produce modified copy of DVI file

dvicopy [options] [infile[.dvi] [outfile[.dvi]]]

dvicopy reads a DVI file, expands any references to virtual fonts to base fonts, and writes the resulting DVI file. Thus you can use virtual fonts even if your DVI processor does not support them, by passing the documents through dvicopy first.

The odvitype program does the same job for Omega/Aleph's output, modified to support their .ofm font format.

Override existing magnification with NUMBER.
Process NUMBER pages; default one million.
Start at PAGE-SPEC, for example `2' or `5.*.-2'.

The standard -help and -version options are also supported.

dviselect(1), dvitype(1).

DVI processor topic on CTAN: https://ctan.org/topic/dvi-proc
Package page on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/dvicopy
Section in the Web2c manual: https://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#dvicopy-invocation
Typeset source code: https://ctan.org/pkg/knuth-pdf

Peter Breitenlohner wrote the program. Klaus Guntermann originally ported it to Unix. Yannis Haralambous and John Plaice created the Omega version.

Public discussion list and bug reports: https://lists.tug.org/tex-k

TeX 30 November 2025