HEX2BDF-SPLIT(1)					      General Commands Manual						  HEX2BDF-SPLIT(1)

NAME

       hex2bdf-split - Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file into single-width BDF fonts.

SYNOPSIS

       hex2bdf-split n < input_font.hex > halfwidth_output_font.bdf
       hex2bdf-split y < input_font.hex > fullwidth_output_font.bdf

DESCRIPTION

       hex2bdf-split  reads  a sorted GNU Unifont .hex file (sorted with the Unix sort utility) from stdin and writes a BDF version of the font to
       stdout.	This utility was adapted from the original hex2bdf script to accomodate charcell behavior in older  X11  implementations.   It	is
       present	for  historical  reasons,  but will probably be removed in a future distribution.  Dependency on this program is discouraged.  The
       main software application written to use the GNU Unifont, the international editor Yudit, does not need a split font.  In addition, the GNU
       Unifont now has a TrueType version that makes most other use of the BDF version obsolete.

       hex2bdf-split  takes  one  argument:  "y" or "n".  If "n" is specified, the output font is set to half-width (8 pixels wide) and "-h-" (for
       half-width) appears as the X Logical Font Descriptor (XLFD) ADD_STYLE_NAME value.  If "y" is specified, the output font	is  set  to  full-
       width (16 pixels wide), and "-f-" (for full-width) appears as the X Logical Font Descriptor (XLFD) ADD_STYLE_NAME value.

FILES

       *.hex GNU Unifont font files

SEE ALSO

       bdfimplode(1),  hex2bdf(1),  hex2sfd(1),  hexbraille(1),  hexdraw(1), hexmerge(1), johab2ucs2(1), unibmp2hex(1), unicoverage(1), unidup(1),
       unihex2bmp(1), unipagecount(1), uniunmask(1)

AUTHOR

       hex2bdf-split was written by David Starner, based upon the original hex2bdf Perl script by Roman Czyborra.

LICENSE

       hex2bdf-split is Copyright (C) 1999 David Starner, and is released under the following terms (taken from http://czyborra.com/):

       "All of my works you find here are freeware. You may freely copy, use, quote, modify or redistribute them as long as you properly attribute
       my  contribution  and have given a quick thought about whether Roman might perhaps be interested to read what you did with his stuff. Hori-
       zontal rules don't apply."

BUGS

       No known bugs exist.

								    2008 Jul 06 						  HEX2BDF-SPLIT(1)