NAME

       hex2bdf - Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file into a BDF font

SYNOPSIS

       hex2bdf [options] < input-font.hex > output-font.bdf

DESCRIPTION

       hex2bdf  reads a sorted GNU Unifont .hex file (sorted with the Unix sort utility) from STDIN and writes a
       BDF version of the font to STDOUT.

OPTIONS

       -f "font-name"
                   Specify the target font name.  If omitted, the default font name "Unifont" is assigned.

       -v "font-version"
                   Specify the target font version.  If omitted, the default version "1.0" is assigned.

       -c "font-copyright"
                   Specify the target font copyright information.  The default is the null string.

       -r pixel-rows
                   Specify how many pixel rows tall a glyph is.  The default is the traditional Unifont 16  rows
                   of  pixels.   This  is  an  addition  to support unihex2png(1) and unipng2hex(1), which allow
                   designing glyphs that are 16, 24, or 32 pixel rows tall.

EXAMPLE

       Sample usage:

              hex2bdf -f "Unifont" -c "(C) 2013..." unifont.hex > unifont.bdf

FILES

       *.hex GNU Unifont font files

SEE ALSO

       bdfimplode(1),   hex2otf(1),   hex2sfd(1),   hexbraille(1),   hexdraw(1),    hexkinya(1),    hexmerge(1),
       johab2syllables(1),   johab2ucs2(1),   unibdf2hex(1),   unibmp2hex(1),   unibmpbump(1),   unicoverage(1),
       unidup(1),  unifont(5),  unifont-johab631(5),   unifont-viewer(1),   unifont1per(1),   unifontchojung(1),
       unifontksx(1),   unifontpic(1),   unigen-hangul(1),   unigencircles(1),   unigenwidth(1),  unihex2bmp(1),
       unihex2png(1),   unihexfill(1),   unihexgen(1),   unihexpose(1),    unihexrotate(1),    unijohab2html(1),
       unipagecount(1), unipng2hex(1)

AUTHOR

       hex2bdf was written by Roman Czyborra.

LICENSE

       hex2bdf is Copyright © 1998 Roman Czyborra.

       This  program  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,  or
       (at your option) any later version.

BUGS

       No  known  bugs  exist.   Support  for  glyph  heights other than 16 pixels is brand new and has not been
       extensively tested.

                                                   2008 Jul 06                                        HEX2BDF(1)