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bdftops(1)							    bdftops(1)

NAME
       bdftops	-  Shell  script  to  convert a BDF file to a scalable outline
       using bdftops.ps

SYNOPSIS
       bdftops BDF_filename [AFM_file1_name]  gsf_filename  fontname  UniqueID
       [XUID] [encodingname]

DESCRIPTION
       Ghostscript  provides  a	 way  to construct a (low-quality) Type 1 font
       from a bitmap font in the BDF format popular in the  Unix  world.   The
       shell  script  bdftops  converts a BDF file to a scalable outline using
       bdftops.ps.

       The arguments have these meanings:

	    BDF_filename   Input bitmap file in BDF format
	    AFM_file1_name AFM files giving metrics	      (Optional)
	    gsf_filename   Output file
	    fontname	   Name of the font
	    UniqueID	   UniqueID
	    XUID	   XUID, in the form n1.n2.n3...      (Optional)
	    encodingname   "StandardEncoding" (the default),  (Optional)
			   "ISOLatin1Encoding", "SymbolEncoding",
			   "DingbatsEncoding"

       See the Fonts.htm document in the Ghostscript distribution for informa‐
       tion on converting fonts.

EXAMPLES
	    bdftops pzdr.bdf ZapfDingbats.afm pzdr.gsf ZapfDingbats 4100000 1000000.1.41

       Then make an entry in Fontmap for the .gsf file (pzdr.gsf in this exam‐
       ple).

SEE ALSO
       gs(1)

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
       │  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │Availability	    │ SUNWgscr	      │
       ├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
       │Interface Stability │ External	      │
       └────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
NOTES
       Source for ESP gs is available in the SUNWgscrS package.

Ghostscript			24 October 2002			    bdftops(1)

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