1HEX2BDF(1) General Commands Manual HEX2BDF(1)
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6 hex2bdf - Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file into a BDF font
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9 hex2bdf [options] < input-font.hex > output-font.bdf
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12 hex2bdf reads a sorted GNU Unifont .hex file (sorted with the Unix sort
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17 Specify the target font name. If omitted, the default font
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20 -v "font-version"
21 Specify the target font version. If omitted, the default
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24 -c "font-copyright"
25 Specify the target font copyright information. The default
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29 Specify how many pixel rows tall a glyph is. The default
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38 hex2bdf -f "Unifont" -c "(C) 2013..." unifont.hex > unifont.bdf
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41 *.hex GNU Unifont font files
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44 bdfimplode(1), hex2otf(1), hex2sfd(1), hexbraille(1), hexdraw(1),
45 hexkinya(1), hexmerge(1), johab2ucs2(1), unibdf2hex(1), unibmp2hex(1),
46 unibmpbump(1), unicoverage(1), unidup(1), unifont(5), unifont-
47 viewer(1), unifont1per(1), unifontchojung(1), unifontksx(1), unifont‐
48 pic(1), unigencircles(1), unigenwidth(1), unihex2bmp(1), unihex2png(1),
49 unihexfill(1), unihexgen(1), unihexrotate(1), unipagecount(1),
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53 hex2bdf was written by Roman Czyborra.
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56 hex2bdf is Copyright © 1998 Roman Czyborra.
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58 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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60 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
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64 No known bugs exist. Support for glyph heights other than 16 pixels is
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69 2008 Jul 06 HEX2BDF(1)