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)

hxtools                                            2008-02-06                                         fnt2bdf(1)