1 .TH UNIHEX2BMP 1 "2007 Dec 31"
3 unihex2bmp \- GNU Unifont .hex file to bitmap graphics file converter
7 [-phexpage] [-iinput_file.hex] [-ooutput_file.bmp] [-f] [-w]
10 reads a GNU Unifont .hex file Unicode page of 256 code points
11 and converts the page into a Microsoft Windows Bitmap (.bmp) or
12 Wireless Bitmap (.wbmp) file. The bitmap file displays the glyphs
13 of a Unicode block of 256 code points in a 32 by 32 pixel grid.
14 The glyphs themselves must be 16 rows high, and either 8 columns or
15 16 columns wide. The default page is 0; that is, the range
16 U+0000 through U+00FF.
18 The bitmap can be printed. It can also be edited with a bitmap editor.
19 An edited bitmap can then be re-converted into a GNU Unifont .hex file
28 from the .hex file. The default is Page 0 (Unicode range
29 U+0000 through U+00FF). Note that "page" is not a standard
30 Unicode term. It refers to an output bitmap graphics page of
34 Specify the input file. The default is STDIN.
37 Specify the output file. The default is STDOUT.
40 "Flip" (transpose) the grid so it matches the Unicode standard order.
43 Produce a Wireless Bitmap format file instead of a Microsoft Windows
49 unihex2bmp -imy_input_file.hex -omy_output_file.bmp
52 *.hex GNU Unifont font files
67 .BR unifont-viewer(1),
68 .BR unifontchojung(1),
80 was written by Paul Hardy.
83 is Copyright \(co 2007 Paul Hardy.
85 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
86 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
87 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
88 (at your option) any later version.
90 No known real bugs exist, except that this software does not perform
91 extensive error checking on its input files. If they're not in the
92 format of the original GNU Unifont .hex file, all bets are off.
93 Lines can be terminated either with line feed, or
94 carriage return plus line feed.