NAME

       hex2bdf - Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file into a BDF font

SYNOPSIS

       hex2bdf < input-font.hex > output-font.bdf

DESCRIPTION

       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)  and
                   unipng2hex(1),  which allow designing glyphs that are 16, 24, or 32 pixel rows
                   tall.

EXAMPLE

       Sample usage:

              hex2bdf -f "Unifont" -c "(C) 2013..." unifont.hex > unifont.bdf

FILES

       *.hex GNU Unifont font files

SEE ALSO

       bdfimplode(1),   hex2sfd(1),   hexbraille(1),   hexdraw(1),   hexkinya(1),    hexmerge(1),
       johab2ucs2(1),   unibdf2hex(1),   unibmp2hex(1),  unicoverage(1),  unidup(1),  unifont(5),
       unifont-viewer(1),  unifont1per(1),   unifontchojung(1),   unifontksx(1),   unifontpic(1),
       unigencircles(1),    unigenwidth(1),    unihex2bmp(1),    unihex2png(1),    unihexfill(1),
       unihexgen(1), unipagecount(1), unipng2hex(1)

AUTHOR

       hex2bdf was written by Roman Czyborra.

LICENSE

       hex2bdf 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.  Support for glyph heights other than 16 pixels is brand new and  has
       not been extensively tested.

                                           2008 Jul 06                                 HEX2BDF(1)