NAME

       unihex2png - GNU Unifont .hex file to Portable Network Graphics converter

SYNOPSIS

       unihex2png [-i input_file.hex ] -o output_file.png [-p pagenum ] [-r rows ]

DESCRIPTION

       unihex2png  reads  a  page  of  256  Unicode  code points from a GNU Unifont .hex file and
       converts the page into a Portable Network Graphics (PNG) file.  The graphics file displays
       the  glyphs  of a Unicode block of 256 code points in a 32 by 32 pixel grid, or in a 40 by
       40 pixel grid if "-r 32" is specified.  The glyphs themselves can be either 16, 24, or  32
       pixels  tall  depending  on  the "-r" parameter.  They can be 8, 16, 24, or 32 pixels wide
       (widths of 32 are only supported if "-r 32" is specified).  The default page  is  0;  that
       is, the range U+0000 through U+00FF, inclusive.

       The PNG file can be printed.  It can also be edited with a graphics editor.  An edited PNG
       file can then be re-converted into a GNU Unifont .hex file with the unipng2hex command.

OPTIONS

       -i          Specify the input file.  If not omitted, a Unifont  .hex  file  is  read  from
                   STDIN.

       -o          Specify the output file.

       -p pagenum  Extract page pagenum from the .hex file.  The default is Page 0 (Unicode range
                   U+0000 through U+00FF).  Note that "page" is not a standard Unicode term.   It
                   refers to an output bitmap graphics page of 16 by 16 code points.

       -r rows     Specify the rows of pixels in the output glyphs.  Valid values are 16, 24, and
                   32.  The default is 16 pixel rows tall.

       -h          Print a help message of options and exit.

EXAMPLE

       Sample usage:

              unihex2png -i my_input_file.hex -o my_output_file.png

FILES

       *.hex GNU Unifont font files

SEE ALSO

       bdfimplode(1),   hex2bdf(1),   hex2sfd(1),   hexbraille(1),    hexdraw(1),    hexmerge(1),
       johab2ucs2(1),   unibdf2hex(1),   unibmp2hex(1),  unicoverage(1),  unidup(1),  unifont(5),
       unifontchojung(1),   unifontksx(1),   unifontpic(1),   unigencircles(1),   unigenwidth(1),
       unihex2bmp(1), unihexgen(1), unipagecount(1), unipng2hex(1)

AUTHOR

       unihex2png  was written by Andrew Miller, starting by converting Paul Hardy's unihex2bmp C
       program to Perl.

LICENSE

       unihex2png is Copyright © 2007 Paul Hardy, © 2013 Andrew Miller.

       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 real bugs exist, but the optional pixel rows parameter is not  yet  supported  by
       all  other  Unifont  utilities.   Use  of  glyphs  taller than the default of 16 pixels is
       considered  experimental.   Currently  unihex2png,  unipng2hex,   hexdraw,   and   hex2bdf
       tentatively support glyphs that are 16, 24, and 32 pixels tall.

       Also,  there  is no extensive error checking on input files.  If they're not in the format
       of the original GNU Unifont .hex file, all bets are off.  Lines can be  terminated  either
       with line feed, or carriage return plus line feed.

                                           2013 Nov 09                              UNIHEX2PNG(1)