BDFTOPCF(1)	X Version 11 (Release 6.4)	   BDFTOPCF(1)



     NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
	  bdftopcf - convert X font from Bitmap	Distribution Format to
	  Portable Compiled Format

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

     DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Bdftopcf is a	font compiler for the X	server and font
	  server.  Fonts in Portable Compiled Format can be read by
	  any architecture, 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.

     OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]
	  -pn	  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.

	  -un	  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.

	  -m	  Sets the font	bit order to MSB (most significant
		  bit) first.  Bits for	each glyph will	be placed in
		  this order; i.e., the	left most bit on the screen
		  will be in the highest valued	bit in each unit.

	  -l	  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.

	  -M	  Sets the font	byte order to MSB first.  All multibyte
 data in the file	(metrics, bitmaps and
		  everything else) will	be written most	significant
		  byte first.

	  -L	  Sets the font	byte order to LSB first.  All multibyte
 data in the file	(metrics, bitmaps and
		  everything else) will	be written least significant
		  byte first.

	  -t	  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.



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	  -i	  This option inhibits the normal computation of ink
		  metrics.  When a font	has glyph images which do not
		  fill the bitmap image	(i.e., the "on"	pixels don't
		  extend to the	edges of the metrics) bdftopcf
		  computes the actual ink metrics and places them in
		  the .pcf file; the -t	option inhibits	this
		  behaviour.

	  -o output-file-name
		  By default bdftopcf writes the pcf file to standard
		  output; this option gives the	name of	a file to be
		  used instead.

     SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
	  X(1)

     AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Keith	Packard, MIT X Consortium





































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