hex2bdf1
Convert a gnu unifont .hex file into a bdf font
Usage
hex2bdf [options]
<
input-font.hex
>
output-font.bdf
Overview
hex2bdf reads a sorted GNU Unifont .hex file (sorted with the Unix sort utility) from STDIN and writes a BDF version of the font to STDOUT.
Options
-
-f "font-name" -
Specify the target font name. If omitted, the default font name "Unifont" is assigned.
-
-v "font-version" -
Specify the target font version. If omitted, the default version "1.0" is assigned.
-
-c "font-copyright" -
Specify the target font copyright information. The default is the null string.
-
-r pixel-rows -
Specify how many pixel rows tall a glyph is. The default is the traditional Unifont 16 rows of pixels. This is an addition to support
unihex2png(1)andunipng2hex(1),which allow designing glyphs that are 16, 24, or 32 pixel rows tall.
Examples
Sample usage:
hex2bdf -f "Unifont" -c "(C) 2013..." unifont.hex > unifont.bdf
Files
*.hex GNU Unifont font files
Releases
9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.
-c since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-f since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-r since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-v since Debian 8 (Jessie).