bdftopcf(1X)															      bdftopcf(1X)

NAME

       bdftopcf - convert X font from Bitmap Distribution Format to Portable Compiled Format

SYNOPSIS

       bdftopcf [-pn] [-un] [-m] [-l] [-M] [-L] [-t] [-i] [-o outputfile] fontfile.bdf

OPTIONS

       Sets  the  font glyph padding.  Each glyph in the font will have each scanline padded in to a multiple of n bytes, where n is 1, 2, 4 or 8.
       Sets the font scanline unit.  When the font bit order is different from the font byte order, the scanline unit n  describes  what  unit	of
       data  (in  bytes) are to be swapped; the unit i can be 1, 2 or 4 bytes.	Sets the font bit order to MSB (most significant bit) first.  Bits
       for each glyph will be placed in this order; that is, the left most bit on the screen will be in the highest valued bit in each unit.  Sets
       the  font  bit  order to LSB (least significant bit) first.  The left most bit on the screen will be in the lowest valued bit in each unit.
       Sets the font byte order to MSB first.  All multi-byte data in the file (metrics, bitmaps and everything else) will be written most signif-
       icant  byte  first.  Sets the font byte order to LSB first.  All multi-byte data in the file (metrics, bitmaps and everything else) will be
       written least significant byte first.  When this option is specified, bdftopcf will convert fonts into "terminal" fonts when  possible.	 A
       terminal  font has each glyph image padded to the same size; the X server can usually render these types of fonts more quickly. (The behav-
       ior described here for the -t switch is the default behavior. The switch is maintained only for backwards compatibility and has no effect.)
       This  option inhibits the normal computation of ink metrics.  When a font has glyph images which do not fill the bitmap image (that is, the
       "on" pixels do not extend to the edges of the metrics) bdftopcf computes the actual ink metrics and places them in the file; the -t  option
       inhibits  this  behaviour.   By	default  bdftopcf  writes the pcf file to standard output; this option gives the name of a file to be used
       instead.

DESCRIPTION

       The bdftopcf program is a font compiler for the X server and font server. Fonts in Portable Compiled Format can be read	by  any  architec-
       ture,  although	the  file is structured to allow one particular architecture to read them directly without reformatting.  This allows fast
       reading on the appropriate machine, but the files are still portable (but read more slowly) on other machines.

SEE ALSO

       X(1X)

AUTHOR

       Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium

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