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NAME
bdftosnf - BDF to SNF font compiler for X11
SYNOPSIS
bdftosnf [-p#] [-u#] [-m] [-l] [-M] [-L] [-w] [-W] [-t]
[-i] [bdf-file]
DESCRIPTION
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.
OPTIONS
For MVME393 and MVME395 servers, specify the least-
significant-bit-first options shown in the following
list:
-p# Force the glyph padding to a specific number.
The legal values are 0, 1, 2, 4, and 8. A
glyph pad of 0 will pad to the next larger
power of 2 for glyphs that are not already a
power of 2.
-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 Do not compute correct ink metrics for
terminal-emulator fonts.
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bdf-file
The name of a bdf file.
EXAMPLES
The following command can be used to compile a font for
MVME393 and MVME395 servers:
bdftosnf -l -u2 -p0 bdf-file
The following can be used to compile a font for NCD X
terminal servers:
bdftosnf -p4 bdf-file
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