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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       bdftopcf  - convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format
       to Portable Compiled Format

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       bdftopcf [-pn] [-un] [-m] [-l] [-M]  [-L]  [-t]  [-i]  [-o
       outputfile] fontfile.bdf

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Sets  the font glyph padding.  Each glyph in the font will
       have each scanline padded in to a  multiple  of  n  bytes,
       where  n  is  1,  2, 4 or 8.  Sets the font scanline unit.
       When the font bit order is different from  the  font  byte
       order, the scanline unit n describes what unit of data (in
       bytes) are to be swapped; the unit i can  be  1,  2  or  4
       bytes.   Sets  the font bit order to MSB (most significant
       bit) first.  Bits for each glyph will be  placed  in  this
       order; that is, the left most bit on the screen will be in
       the highest valued bit in each unit.  Sets  the  font  bit
       order to LSB (least significant bit) first.  The left most
       bit on the screen will be in the lowest valued bit in each
       unit.   Sets the font byte order to MSB first.  All multibyte
 data in the file  (metrics,  bitmaps  and  everything
       else)  will  be written most significant byte first.  Sets
       the font byte order to LSB first.  All multi-byte data  in
       the  file  (metrics,  bitmaps and everything else) will be
       written least significant byte first.  When this option is
       specified,  bdftopcf  will  convert  fonts into "terminal"
       fonts when possible.  A terminal font has each glyph image
       padded  to  the same size; the X server can usually render
       these types of fonts more quickly. (The behavior described
       here for the -t switch is the default behavior. The switch
       is maintained only for backwards compatibility and has  no
       effect.)   This  option inhibits the normal computation of
       ink metrics.  When a font has glyph images  which  do  not
       fill  the  bitmap  image  (that is, the "on" pixels do not
       extend to the edges of the metrics) bdftopcf computes  the
       actual  ink  metrics  and  places them in the file; the -i
       option  inhibits  this  behaviour.   By  default  bdftopcf
       writes  the pcf file to standard output; this option gives
       the name of a file to be used instead.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The bdftopcf program is a font compiler for the  X  server
       and  font server. Fonts in Portable Compiled Format can be
       read by any architecture, although the file is  structured
       to allow one particular architecture to read them directly
       without reformatting.  This allows  fast  reading  on  the
       appropriate machine, but the files are still portable (but
       read more slowly) on other machines.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
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AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium



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