PK2BM(1)PK2BM(1)NAMEpk2bm - create a bitmap from a TeX pkfont
SYNOPSIS:pk2bm [-bh] [-Wwidth] [-Hheight] -cchar pkfont
pk2bm [-bh] [-Wwidth] [-Hheight] -ooctchar pkfont
DESCRIPTION
This program generates a bitmap (ASCII file) which can be
used to create X11 applications. The bitmap file consists
of all pixels of the specified character (via the -c or -o
option) from the given pkfont. The format is described in
bitmap(X11).
The pkfont is a packed fontfile generated by gftopk(TeX)
from a gffont. A gffont is the output of METAFONT a pro-
gram to design fonts in a device independant way.
With the -b flag a bitmap is generated in which all black
pixels are drawn as a `*' and all white bits as a `.'.
With the -h flag a hexadecimal bitmap dump is generated.
The -W and/or -H options can be used to create a bitmap of
respectivally `width' and `height' pixels. The pk-bitmap
will in this case be centered according to these new
dimensions.
The output is written to the standard output.
SEE ALSO
`METAFONT', Donald Knuth.
`The PKtype processor', belonging to the METAFONTware.
bitmap(X11),
gftopk(TeX),
pktype(TeX),
ps2pk(1)AUTHOR
Piet Tutelaers
rcpt@urc.tue.nl
TeX PK2BM(1)
