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

User Commands                                          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 information 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 example).


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Availability   | print/filter/ghostscript |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Stability      | Volatile                 |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
SEE ALSO
     gs(1)






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User Commands                                          bdftops(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/ghostscript-9.00.tar.gz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open source community website at http://ghostscript.com/.















































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