CVT3812(8) —
NAME
cvt3812, cvt20to12, cvt00to12 − convert IBM 3820 and IBM 3800 fonts for use with the IBM 3812 Pageprinter
SYNOPSIS
cvt20to12 [ −c fontnameTBL ] [ -M ] [ -N] [ -d ] font
cvt00to12 [ −c fontnameTBL ] font
DESCRIPTION
The cvt20to12 program is used to convert fonts in the IBM 3820 format to a format for use with the IBM 3812 Pageprinter. The cvt00to12 program is used to convert fonts in the IBM 3800 format to a format for use with the 3812. The format of the files that are created is described in font3812(5).
Typographic fonts for the IBM 3812 Pageprinter are available from IBM as separate products. These fonts are shipped from IBM on diskettes in the IBM 3820 format. Once these font files have been loaded using the dosread(1) command, they must be converted using cvt20to12. If you have fonts in the IBM 3800 format, they can be converted using cvt00to12.
These programs accept the following options:
−c fontnameTBL
FontnameTBL contains a mapping between the IBM name and the installation name for the font. A typical entry for this table is:
ss SONORAN SANS SERIF
This will use the name ss as the font name for any SONORAN SANS SERIF font.
The default fontnameTBL is /usr/lib/font/dev3812/fonts/fontnameTBL.
−M This option does not convert the font. It produces the name of the file to be created.
−N This option does not convert the font but produces a list of the IBM name for each character in the font.
−d This is the debugging option to print font pel patterns.
These programs accept one argument, which is the filename of the font to be converted. For example, the input file for Sonoran Sans Serif size 6 from the diskette is named c0a05560.pds. The output file name is constructed from the name in fontnameTBL . Two output files are generated. The raster patterns for the font are in ss.6.dat, and the index (by IBM character name) to the raster patterns is in ss.6.ndx. These files are read by the width3812(8) program which constructs the width tables for use by text formatters.
FILES
/usr/lib/font/dev3812/fonts/fontnameTBLdefault fontname table
SEE ALSO
PRPQs 5799-WZQ/5799-PFF: IBM/4.3 — 15 Dec 1986