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

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

−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.

WARNING

This utility compiles BDF fonts for the X11 sample server from the MIT X Consortium. Server normal fonts are not supported by OpenWindows or the xnews(1) server. The command convertfont(1) should be used to compile BDF fonts for the xnews server.

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