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[groff] 13/18: hpftodit(1): Fix style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 13/18: hpftodit(1): Fix style nits.
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 05:49:18 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 5af6ba25f80570525946e5c7e281a4c242215a8a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jul 25 01:06:12 2023 -0500

    hpftodit(1): Fix style nits.
    
    * Use active voice more.
    * Tighten wording.
    * Coalesce single-sentence paragraphs.
    * Fix typo.
---
 src/utils/hpftodit/hpftodit.1.man | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/utils/hpftodit/hpftodit.1.man 
b/src/utils/hpftodit/hpftodit.1.man
index 12e3af794..2d0d23ac6 100644
--- a/src/utils/hpftodit/hpftodit.1.man
+++ b/src/utils/hpftodit/hpftodit.1.man
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ is interpreted as the beginning of the comment.
 .
 .
 .P
-Output is written in
+.I hpftodit
+writes output in
 .MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@
 format to
 .I font-description,
@@ -218,18 +219,17 @@ a file named for the intended
 font name;
 if this operand is
 .RB \[lq] \- \[rq],
-the font description is written to the standard output stream.
-.
+.I hpftodit
+writes to the standard output stream.
 .
-.LP
-If the
+The
 .B \-i
-option is used,
+option directs
 .I hpftodit
-automatically will generate an italic correction,
+to automatically generate an italic correction,
 a left italic correction,
 and a subscript correction for each glyph
-(the significance of these parameters is explained in
+(see
 .MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@ ).
 .
 .
@@ -341,8 +341,9 @@ italic correction is equal to
 thousandths of an em plus the amount by which the right edge of the
 glyphs's bounding box is to the right of its origin.
 .
-If a negative italic correction would result,
-use a zero italic correction instead.
+The minimum value
+.I hpftodit
+will write is zero.
 .
 .
 .IP
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ script that uses
 to prepare the
 .I groff
 font description files above from HP TFM data;
-in can be used to regenerate them in the event the TFM files are
+it can be used to regenerate them in the event the TFM files are
 updated.
 .
 .



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