bdftops - Shell script to convert a BDF file to a scalable outline using bdftops.ps
bdftops BDF_filename [AFM_file1_name] gsf_filename fontname UniqueID [XUID] [encodingname]
bdftops(1) General Commands Manual 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). ATTRIBUTES See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+--------------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+--------------------------+ |Availability | print/filter/ghostscript | +---------------+--------------------------+ |Stability | Volatile | +---------------+--------------------------+ SEE ALSO gs(1) NOTES This software was built from source available at https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from http://ghostscript.com/releases/ghost- script-9.00.tar.gz Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://ghostscript.com/. Ghostscript 24 October 2002 bdftops(1)