.TH HEX2BDF 1 "2008 Jul 06"
.SH NAME
hex2bdf \- Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file into a BDF font
.SH SYNOPSIS
.br
.B hex2bdf
<
.I input-font.hex
>
.I output-font.bdf
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B hex2bdf
reads a sorted GNU Unifont .hex file (sorted with the Unix
.B sort
utility) from STDIN and writes a BDF version of the font
to STDOUT.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP 12
-f "font-name"
Specify the target font name.  If omitted, the default
font name "Unifont" is assigned.
.TP
-v "font-version"
Specify the target font version.  If omitted, the default
version "1.0" is assigned.
.TP
-c "font-copyright"
Specify the target font copyright information.  The default
is the null string.
.TP
-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
.B unihex2png(1)
and
.B unipng2hex(1),
which allow designing glyphs that are 16, 24, or 32
pixel rows tall.
.SH EXAMPLE
Sample usage:
.PP
.RS
hex2bdf -f "Unifont" -c "(C) 2013..." unifont.hex > unifont.bdf
.RE
.SH FILES
*.hex GNU Unifont font files
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR bdfimplode(1),
.BR hex2sfd(1),
.BR hexbraille(1),
.BR hexdraw(1),
.BR hexkinya(1),
.BR hexmerge(1),
.BR johab2ucs2(1),
.BR unibdf2hex(1),
.BR unibmp2hex(1),
.BR unicoverage(1),
.BR unidup(1),
.BR unifont(5),
.BR unifont-viewer(1),
.BR unifontchojung(1),
.BR unifontksx(1),
.BR unifontpic(1),
.BR unigencircles(1),
.BR unigenwidth(1),
.BR unihex2bmp(1),
.BR unihex2png(1),
.BR unihexfill(1),
.BR unihexgen(1),
.BR unipagecount(1),
.BR unipng2hex(1)
.SH AUTHOR
.B hex2bdf
was written by Roman Czyborra.
.SH LICENSE
.B hex2bdf
is Copyright \(co 1998 Roman Czyborra.
.PP
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.
.SH BUGS
No known bugs exist.  Support for glyph heights other than 16 pixels is
brand new and has not been extensively tested.