NAME

       unihex2bmp - GNU Unifont .hex file to bitmap graphics file converter

SYNOPSIS

       unihex2bmp [-phexpage] [-iinput_file.hex] [-ooutput_file.bmp] [-f] [-w]

DESCRIPTION

       unihex2bmp  reads  a  GNU  Unifont .hex file Unicode page of 256 code points and converts the page into a
       Microsoft Windows Bitmap (.bmp) or Wireless Bitmap (.wbmp) file.  The bitmap file displays the glyphs  of
       a Unicode block of 256 code points in a 32 by 32 pixel grid.  The glyphs themselves must be 16 rows high,
       and either 8 columns or 16 columns wide. The default page is 0; that is, the range U+0000 through U+00FF.

       The bitmap can be printed.  It can also be edited with a bitmap editor.  An edited bitmap can then be re-
       converted into a GNU Unifont .hex file with the unibmp2hex command.

OPTIONS

       -ppagenum   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.

       -i          Specify the input file. The default is STDIN.

       -o          Specify the output file. The default is STDOUT.

       -f          "Flip" (transpose) the grid so it matches the Unicode standard order.

       -w          Produce a Wireless Bitmap format file instead of a Microsoft Windows Bitmap file.

       Sample usage:

              unihex2bmp -imy_input_file.hex -omy_output_file.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),  unifontpic(1),   unigencircles(1),   unigenwidth(1),   unihex2png(1),
       unihexfill(1), unihexgen(1), unipagecount(1), unipng2hex(1)

AUTHOR

       unihex2bmp was written by Paul Hardy.

LICENSE

       unihex2bmp is Copyright © 2007 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  real  bugs  exist,  except that this software does not perform extensive error checking on its
       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.

                                                   2007 Dec 31                                     UNIHEX2BMP(1)