NAME

       unifontpic - Convert GNU Unifont .hex input to a bitmap image of the whole font

SYNOPSIS

       unifontpic [-dnnn][-l][-t] < input-font.hex > output-font.bmp

DESCRIPTION

       unifontpic reads a GNU Unifont .hex file from STDIN and writes a two dimensional rendering for each glyph
       to  STDOUT.   The  output displays the entire Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) as one large graphic
       image, showing a grid of 256 glyphs by 256 glyphs as the default, or (at your option) 16 glyphs across by
       4,096 glyphs down.

       Input can be one or more files in Unifont .hex format.  They don't have to be sorted, as unifontpic  will
       populate  the  entire  glyph array of 65,536 code points before writing its output.  The input glyph code
       points should all be unique, as feeding in duplicate code points will produce unpredictable results.  Use
       unidup (1) on a sorted input of .hex files to guarantee no code point duplication.

OPTIONS

       -dnnn       Specify a Dots per Inch (DPI) resolution of nnn.  For example, specifying -d120  will  encode
                   the bitmap graphics file output as having a resolution of 120 DPI.

       -l          Produce  a long chart, 16 glyphs wide by 4,096 glyphs tall.  The default is a wide chart, 256
                   glyphs wide by 256 glyphs tall.

       -t          Use tiny numbers for the row and column code point labels.  Tiny numbers are  on  a  4  by  5
                   pixel  grid.   Only tiny code point labels appear on the long chart variant; this option only
                   has effect for wide charts (the default, of 256 by  256  glyphs).   If  this  option  is  not
                   specified  for  the  default 256-by-256 grid, row and column code point labels are taken from
                   Unifont's glyphs for `0' to `9' and `A' to `F'.

EXAMPLES

       Sample usage:

              cat *.hex | unifontpic -d120 > unifontpic.bmp

       To generate a bitmap that shows combining circles, from the font/ subdirectory:

              sort plane00/*.hex | unigencircles ttfsrc/combining.txt | unifontpic -d120 >unifontpic.bmp

FILES

       *.hex GNU Unifont font files

SEE ALSO

       bdfimplode(1),   hex2bdf(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),
       unifontchojung(1),  unifontksx(1),  unigencircles(1),   unigenwidth(1),   unihex2bmp(1),   unihex2png(1),
       unihexfill(1), unihexgen(1), unipagecount(1), unipng2hex(1)

AUTHOR

       unifontpic was written by Paul Hardy.

LICENSE

       unifontpic is Copyright © 2013 Paul Hardy.

       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.

                                                   2013 Sep 07                                     UNIFONTPIC(1)