The
vtfontcvt
utility reads source font files in either BDF or Unifont HEX format and
outputs a file in one of the available output formats.
HEX format files
(normal_font
and
bold_font )
must have the file extension
.hex.
The following options are available:
|
| -f format
|
| |
Specify the output format.
Available formats are:
|
|
| compressed-source
|
| |
C source with font data compressed by using LZ4 compression method.
|
| font
|
A binary font file
(default).
|
| source
|
C source.
|
|
The output in C source is intended to be used to embed the font into program
binary.
The binary font file is for use by
vt(4).
| -h height
|
Set font height.
The default is 16.
Font height is set automatically for BDF files and for HEX files that have a
comment before any font data.
|
| -n
|
Do not apply output filtering with C source output.
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| -o output_file
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| |
Specify the name for the output file.
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| -v
|
Display verbose statistics about the converted font.
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| -w width
|
Set font width.
The default is 8.
Font width is set automatically for BDF files and for HEX files that have a
comment before any font data.
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