---
name: "hexdraw"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "unifont-bin"
version: "1:15.1.01-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/hexdraw"
---

# hexdraw(1)

Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file to and from an ASCII text file

## NAME

hexdraw - Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file to and from an ASCII text file

## SYNOPSIS

**hexdraw** \[--height *height*\] \< *input-font.hex* \> *output-font.txt*\
 **hexdraw** \[--height *height*\] \< *input-font.txt* \> *output-font.hex*

## DESCRIPTION

**hexdraw** reads a sorted GNU Unifont .hex file from STDIN and writes a two dimensional ASCII art rendering for each glyph to STDOUT.  The output file can be edited with any text editor, then converted back into a .hex file. Unifont ASCII hexadecimal glyphs are 16 pixels high and can be 8, 16, 24, or 32 pixels wide.

## OPTIONS

- \--height

  By default, hexdraw expects glyphs to be 16 rows high.  Alternatively, a different height of 24, 32, or 64 can be specified, for glyphs that are up to 128 columns wide by 64 rows high.

## FILES

\*.hex GNU Unifont font files

## SEE ALSO

[**bdfimplode**(1)](/man/bdfimplode/1.md), [**hex2bdf**(1)](/man/hex2bdf/1.md), **hex2otf**(1), [**hex2sfd**(1)](/man/hex2sfd/1.md), [**hexbraille**(1)](/man/hexbraille/1.md), [**hexkinya**(1)](/man/hexkinya/1.md), [**hexmerge**(1)](/man/hexmerge/1.md), **johab2syllables**(1), [**johab2ucs2**(1)](/man/johab2ucs2/1.md), [**unibdf2hex**(1)](/man/unibdf2hex/1.md), [**unibmp2hex**(1)](/man/unibmp2hex/1.md), [**unibmpbump**(1)](/man/unibmpbump/1.md), [**unicoverage**(1)](/man/unicoverage/1.md), [**unidup**(1)](/man/unidup/1.md), [**unifont**(5)](/man/unifont/5.md), **unifont-johab631**(5), [**unifont-viewer**(1)](/man/unifont-viewer/1.md), [**unifont1per**(1)](/man/unifont1per/1.md), [**unifontchojung**(1)](/man/unifontchojung/1.md), [**unifontksx**(1)](/man/unifontksx/1.md), [**unifontpic**(1)](/man/unifontpic/1.md), **unigen-hangul**(1), [**unigencircles**(1)](/man/unigencircles/1.md), [**unigenwidth**(1)](/man/unigenwidth/1.md), [**unihex2bmp**(1)](/man/unihex2bmp/1.md), [**unihex2png**(1)](/man/unihex2png/1.md), [**unihexfill**(1)](/man/unihexfill/1.md), [**unihexgen**(1)](/man/unihexgen/1.md), **unihexpose**(1), [**unihexrotate**(1)](/man/unihexrotate/1.md), **unijohab2html**(1), [**unipagecount**(1)](/man/unipagecount/1.md), [**unipng2hex**(1)](/man/unipng2hex/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**hexdraw** was written by Roman Czyborra.

## LICENSE

**hexdraw** is Copyright © 1998 Roman Czyborra.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

## BUGS

No known bugs exist.