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bdftosnf - BDF to SNF font compiler for X11
bdftosnf [ -p#
] [ -u# ] [ -m ] [ -l ] [ -M ] [ -L ] [ -w ] [ -W ] [ -t ] [ -i ] [ bdf-file ]
bdftosnf
reads a Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) font from the specified file (or
from standard input if no file is specified) and writes an X11 server normal
font (SNF) to standard output.
- -p#
- Force the glyph padding to a specific
number. The legal values are 1, 2, 4, and 8.
- -u#
- Force the scanline unit
padding to a specific number. The legal values are 1, 2, and 4.
- -m
- Force
the bit order to most significant bit first.
- -l
- Force the bit order to least
significant bit first.
- -M
- Force the byte order to most significant bit first.
- -L
- Force the byte order to least significant bit first.
- -w
- Print warnings
if the character bitmaps have bits set to one outside of their defined
widths.
- -W
- Print warnings for characters with an encoding of -1; the default
is to silently ignore such characters.
- -t
- Expand glyphs in "terminal-emulator"
fonts to fill the bounding box.
- -i
- Don’t compute correct ink metrics for "terminal-emulator"
fonts.
SNF is an older font file format that is replaced by the Portable
Compiled Format (PCF). PCF is the preferred format for font files and one
can use bdftopcf(1)
to convert a BDF font file to a PCF font file.
bdftopcf(1)
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