bdftosnf(1) X Version 11 (22 September 1989) bdftosnf(1)
NAME
bdftosnf - BDF to SNF font compiler for X11
SYNOPSIS
bdftosnf [-options ...] [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 natural font (SNF) to
standard output.
OPTIONS
-p# Forces the glyph padding to a specific number. The
legal values are 1, 2, 4, and 8.
-u# Forces the scanline unit padding to a specific number.
The legal values are 1, 2, and 4.
-m Forces the bit order to the most significant bit first.
-l Forces the bit order to the least significant bit first.
-M Forces the byte order to the most significant byte
first.
-L Forces the byte order to least significant byte first.
-w Prints warnings if you set the character bitmaps' bits
to one outside of their defined widths.
-W Prints warnings for characters with an encoding of -1;
These characters are ignored by default.
-t Expands glyphs in "terminal-emulator" fonts to fill the
bounding box.
-i Does not compute correct ink metrics for "terminal-
emulator" fonts.
SEE ALSO
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