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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

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)