Traditional Chinese Solaris User's Guide

How to Convert from BDF to PCF Format

Before Solaris applications can use a modified BDF file, the file must be converted to a PCF format file.

  1. Use a command line such as the one in the following exa,ple to convert the BDF file to PCF format.


    system% bdftopcf -o myfont14.pcf myfont14.bdf
    

    The -o option enables the matrix encoding used for Asian PCF font files.

  2. Replace the BDF file in the following directory with the converted PCF file: $OPENWINHOME/lib/locale/zh_TW/fonts