makebdf(1)makebdf(1)NAMEmakebdf - create bitmap files from scalable F3 or X11/NeWS font files
SYNOPSISmakebdf [ -a ] [ -A ] [ -e filename ] [ -f n ] [ -m|-M ] [ -p|-P ] [ -s
] [ -v|-V ] [ -values ] [ -x ]
DESCRIPTIONmakebdf takes a list of Scalable F3 Font Format outlines (.f3b files)
or X11/NeWS Bitmap fonts (.fb files) and generates ASCII bitmap fonts
in either Bitmap Distribution Format (.bdf) or the Adobe Font Bitmap
(.afb) format and Adobe Font Metrics (.afm) files.
makebdf will not create bitmaps if screen protection for the F3 font
has been activated or if any form of protection exists and the
requested size is 24 or higher.
NOTES
Options with * apply to F3 files only, they are ignored for *.fb files.
OPTIONS-a Produce font metric (.afm) files only.*
-A Produce Adobe Font Bitmap (.afb) format files.
-e filename
Specify an encoding map file to be loaded along with the
font. This option is only required if the encoding specified
by the font is other than ISO Latin-1, Symbol or Dingbats.
-fn Force the length of the base part of the output filename to
be at most n characters. The default is 32.
-m Enable generation of .afm files (the default).*
-M Disable generation of .afm files.*
-p Preserve existing files. If -p is selected, then just before
makebdf writes a file it will check to see if it already
exists. If it does, the file will be skipped. This is use‐
ful in situations where you have some handbuilt .afb and .afm
files, and just want to fill in the missing ones.
-P Don´t preserve existing files (the default).
-s Produce a synthetic encoding map file in <encodingname>.map.*
-v Verbose: print messages indicating what´s going on (the
default).
-V Work silently.
-sizes A comma separated list of pixel sizes for which .afb files
should be generated. The default is 6,8,10,12,14,16,18 .*
-x Produce bitmap fonts in BDF2.1 format. Bitmap font file suf‐
fix will be .bdf. This is the default.
EXAMPLES
example% makebdf *.f3b
example% makebdf-e latin.map *.fb
example% makebdf-p -4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,16,18,20,24 *.f3b
16 January 1992 makebdf(1)