NAME

       pk2bm - create a bitmap from a TeX pkfont

SYNOPSIS:

       pk2bm [-bh] [-Wwidth] [-Hheight] -cchar pkfont

       pk2bm [-bh] [-Wwidth] [-Hheight] -ooctchar pkfont

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  generates  a  bitmap (ASCII file) which can be used to create X11 applications. The bitmap
       file consists of all pixels of the specified character (via the -c or -o option) from the  given  pkfont.
       The format is described in bitmap(X11).

       The  pkfont  is  a  packed  fontfile  generated  by  gftopk(TeX) from a gffont. A gffont is the output of
       METAFONT a program to design fonts in a device independent way.

       With the -b flag a bitmap is generated in which all black pixels are drawn as a `*' and all white bits as
       a `.'. With the -h flag a hexadecimal bitmap dump is generated.

       The -W and/or -H options can be used to create a bitmap of respectivally `width' and `height' pixels. The
       pk-bitmap will in this case be centered according to these new dimensions.

       The output is written to the standard output.

SEE ALSO

       `METAFONT', Donald Knuth.
       `The PKtype processor', belonging to the METAFONTware.
       bitmap(X11),
       gftopk(TeX),
       pktype(TeX),
       ps2pk(1)

AUTHOR

       Piet Tutelaers
       Maintained in TeX Live; please send bug reports or other correspondence
       to tex-k@tug.org (https://lists.tug.org/tex-k).

                                                 30 August 2022                                         PK2BM(1)