1UNIHEX2BMP(1)               General Commands Manual              UNIHEX2BMP(1)
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NAME

6       unihex2bmp - GNU Unifont .hex file to bitmap graphics file converter
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SYNOPSIS

9       unihex2bmp [-phexpage] [-iinput_file.hex] [-ooutput_file.bmp] [-f] [-w]
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DESCRIPTION

12       unihex2bmp  reads  a  GNU  Unifont  .hex  file Unicode page of 256 code
13       points and converts the page into a Microsoft Windows Bitmap (.bmp)  or
14       Wireless Bitmap (.wbmp) file.  The bitmap file displays the glyphs of a
15       Unicode block of 256 code points in a 32 by 32 pixel grid.  The  glyphs
16       themselves  must  be 16 rows high, and 8, 16, 24, or 31 (encoded as 32)
17       columns wide. The default page is 0; that is, the range U+0000  through
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20       The bitmap can be printed.  It can also be edited with a bitmap editor.
21       An edited bitmap can then be re-converted into a GNU Unifont .hex  file
22       with the unibmp2hex command.
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OPTIONS

25       -ppagenum   Extract  page  pagenum  from the .hex file.  The default is
26                   Page 0 (Unicode range U+0000 through  U+00FF).   Note  that
27                   "page"  is  not  a  standard Unicode term.  It refers to an
28                   output bitmap graphics page of 16 by 16 code points.
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30       -i          Specify the input file. The default is STDIN.
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32       -o          Specify the output file. The default is STDOUT.
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34       -f          "Flip" (transpose) the grid so it matches the Unicode stan‐
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37       -w          Produce  a  Wireless Bitmap format file instead of a Micro‐
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42              unihex2bmp -imy_input_file.hex -omy_output_file.bmp
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FILES

45       *.hex GNU Unifont font files
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SEE ALSO

48       bdfimplode(1),  hex2bdf(1),  hex2sfd(1),   hexbraille(1),   hexdraw(1),
49       hexkinya(1),  hexmerge(1), johab2ucs2(1), unibdf2hex(1), unibmp2hex(1),
50       unicoverage(1),   unidup(1),   unifont(5),   unifont-viewer(1),    uni‐
51       font1per(1),  unifontchojung(1),  unifontksx(1), unifontpic(1), unigen‐
52       circles(1), unigenwidth(1), unihex2png(1), unihexfill(1), unihexgen(1),
53       unipagecount(1), unipng2hex(1)
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AUTHOR

56       unihex2bmp was written by Paul Hardy.
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LICENSE

59       unihex2bmp is Copyright © 2007 Paul Hardy.
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61       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
62       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
63       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
64       option) any later version.
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BUGS

67       No known real bugs exist, except that this software  does  not  perform
68       extensive  error  checking  on  its input files.  If they're not in the
69       format of the original GNU Unifont .hex file, all bets are off.   Lines
70       can  be  terminated either with line feed, or carriage return plus line
71       feed.
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75                                  2007 Dec 31                    UNIHEX2BMP(1)
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