1PK2BM(1)                    General Commands Manual                   PK2BM(1)
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NAME

6       pk2bm - create a bitmap from a TeX pkfont
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SYNOPSIS:

9       pk2bm [-bh] [-Wwidth] [-Hheight] -cchar pkfont
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11       pk2bm [-bh] [-Wwidth] [-Hheight] -ooctchar pkfont
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DESCRIPTION

14       This  program generates a bitmap (ASCII file) which can be used to cre‐
15       ate X11 applications. The bitmap file consists of  all  pixels  of  the
16       specified  character  (via  the -c or -o option) from the given pkfont.
17       The format is described in bitmap(X11).
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19       The pkfont is a packed fontfile generated by gftopk(TeX) from a gffont.
20       A  gffont  is the output of METAFONT a program to design fonts in a de‐
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23       With the -b flag a bitmap is generated in which all  black  pixels  are
24       drawn as a `*' and all white bits as a `.'. With the -h flag a hexadec‐
25       imal bitmap dump is generated.
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27       The -W and/or -H options can be used to create a  bitmap  of  respecti‐
28       vally  `width'  and `height' pixels. The pk-bitmap will in this case be
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31       The output is written to the standard output.
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SEE ALSO

34       `METAFONT', Donald Knuth.
35       `The PKtype processor', belonging to the METAFONTware.
36       bitmap(X11),
37       gftopk(TeX),
38       pktype(TeX),
39       ps2pk(1)
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AUTHOR

43       Piet Tutelaers
44       Maintained in TeX Live; please send bug reports or other correspondence
45       to tex-k@tug.org (https://lists.tug.org/tex-k).
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