bionic (1) fnt2bdf.1.gz

Name

       fnt2bdf — convert VGA raw fonts to X11 BDF

Syntax

       fnt2bdf [-x] [-n fontname] [-w fontwidth] file

Description

       Converts a raw font FNT file (4096 bytes) to a BDF file, suitable for bdf2pcf, which can then serve as an
       X11 font.

       For best results, fontname should be the same as  the  later  filename  (w/o  .bdf).   Output  is  always
       standard output. The default for "fontname" is "defaultXXXX" otherwise, default for -w is 9.

Options

       -n fontname
              The X11 font name that will be embedded into the BDF output.

       -w fontwidth
              The  width of the font in pixels. VGA fonts are always(?) 8 pixels wide and are displayed as such,
              but if you happen to have glyphs only 7 pixels wide, you can use this option to  crop  the  glyphs
              for X11.

       -x     Do  not  do  the CP437 to ANSI glyph position translation. This option is generally useful for VGA
              font files that have been converted from PSF.

Example

       To actually use fonts in e.g. xterm, they need to be present as PCF files.

       fnt2bdf -n roman roman.fnt | bdftopcf |
       gzip -9c >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/roman.pcf.gz

See also

       hxtools(7)