gf2pbm(1)

gf2pbm1

Convert a character from a gf font file to pbm format

Usage

gf2pbm [options] GF-file

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the gf2pbm command. gf2pbm is a program that converts a single character from a METAFONT-produced GF font file to PBM format. It is used internally by mftrace(1) to feed to autotrace(1) to create a Postscript outline description of the character.

Options

-b

Dump a bitmap file.

-s

Show glyph size.

-n NUM

Process glyph number NUM.

-o FILE

Output to FILE instead of stdout.

-h

Show summary of options.

-d

Display debugging information.

Exit status

gf2pbm exits with status 0 if successful, status 1 if the requested glyph did not exist and status 2 if there was some other error.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.0–3.1
  2. 4.0–13

Author

gf2pbm is based on Paul Vojta's Xdvi, and was munged by Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email protected]>. This manual page was written by Julian Gilbey <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From mftrace 1.2.20+git20191022.3b4bc2e-3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.