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makebdf(1)							    makebdf(1)

NAME
       makebdf - create bitmap files from scalable F3 or X11/NeWS font files

SYNOPSIS
       makebdf [ -a ] [ -A ] [ -e filename ] [ -f n ] [ -m|-M ] [ -p|-P ] [ -s
       ] [ -v|-V ] [ -values ] [ -x ]

DESCRIPTION
       makebdf takes a list of Scalable F3 Font Format outlines	 (.f3b	files)
       or  X11/NeWS  Bitmap fonts (.fb files) and generates ASCII bitmap fonts
       in either Bitmap Distribution Format (.bdf) or the  Adobe  Font	Bitmap
       (.afb) format and Adobe Font Metrics (.afm) files.

       makebdf	will  not  create bitmaps if screen protection for the F3 font
       has been activated  or  if  any	form  of  protection  exists  and  the
       requested size is 24 or higher.

NOTES
       Options with * apply to F3 files only, they are ignored for *.fb files.

OPTIONS
       -a	 Produce font metric (.afm) files only.*

       -A	 Produce Adobe Font Bitmap (.afb) format files.

       -e filename
		 Specify  an  encoding	map  file  to be loaded along with the
		 font.	This option is only required if the encoding specified
		 by the font is other than ISO Latin-1, Symbol or Dingbats.

       -fn	 Force	the  length of the base part of the output filename to
		 be at most n characters.  The default is 32.

       -m	 Enable generation of .afm files (the default).*

       -M	 Disable generation of .afm files.*

       -p	 Preserve existing files.  If -p is selected, then just before
		 makebdf  writes  a  file  it  will check to see if it already
		 exists.  If it does, the file will be skipped.	 This is  use‐
		 ful in situations where you have some handbuilt .afb and .afm
		 files, and just want to fill in the missing ones.

       -P	 Don´t preserve existing files (the default).

       -s	 Produce a synthetic encoding map file in <encodingname>.map.*

       -v	 Verbose:  print messages  indicating  what´s  going  on  (the
		 default).

       -V	 Work silently.

       -sizes	 A  comma  separated  list of pixel sizes for which .afb files
		 should be generated.  The default is 6,8,10,12,14,16,18 .*

       -x	 Produce bitmap fonts in BDF2.1 format.	 Bitmap font file suf‐
		 fix will be .bdf. This is the default.

EXAMPLES
       example% makebdf *.f3b

       example% makebdf -e latin.map *.fb

       example% makebdf -p -4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,16,18,20,24 *.f3b

				16 January 1992			    makebdf(1)

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