BDFTOSNF(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual          BDFTOSNF(1)



NAME
     bdftosnf - BDF to SNF font compiler for X11

SYNOPSIS
     bdftosnf [-p#] [-u#] [-m] [-l] [-M] [-L] [-w] [-W] [-t] [-i]
     [bdf-file]

DESCRIPTION
     The bdftosnf utility 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.

     Bdftosnf is provided for compatibility with pre-X11R5 sys-
     tems.  The obsolete SNF file format has been replaced with
     the PCF file format, and use of bdftopcf(1) is recommended
     for compilation of font files.

OPTIONS
     -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 byte first.

     -L      Force the byte order to least significant bytefirst.

     -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 charac-
             ters.

     -t      Expand glyphs in "terminal-emulator" fonts to fill
             the bounding box.

     -i      Don't compute correct ink metrics for "terminal-
             emulator" fonts.

SEE ALSO
     X(1), Xserver(1)
     "Bitmap Distribution Format 2.1"






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