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.TH bdftops 1 "24 October 2002" Ghostscript \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
bdftops \- Shell script to convert a BDF file to a scalable outline using bdftops.ps
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBbdftops\fR BDF_filename [AFM_file1_name] gsf_filename fontname UniqueID [XUID] [encodingname]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Ghostscript provides a way to construct a (low-quality) Type 1 font from a bitmap font in the BDF format popular in the Unix world. The shell script
.BR bdftops
converts a BDF file to a scalable outline using
.BR bdftops.ps.
.PP
The arguments have these meanings:
.PP
.nf
BDF_filename Input bitmap file in BDF format
AFM_file1_name AFM files giving metrics (Optional)
gsf_filename Output file
fontname Name of the font
UniqueID UniqueID
XUID XUID, in the form n1.n2.n3... (Optional)
encodingname "StandardEncoding" (the default), (Optional)
"ISOLatin1Encoding", "SymbolEncoding",
"DingbatsEncoding"
.fi
.PP
See the \fBFonts.htm\fR document in the Ghostscript distribution for information on converting fonts.
.PP
.SH EXAMPLES
.br
.PP
.nf
bdftops pzdr.bdf ZapfDingbats.afm pzdr.gsf ZapfDingbats 4100000 1000000.1.41
.fi
.PP
Then make an entry in Fontmap for the .gsf file (pzdr.gsf in this example).
.SH SEE ALSO
gs(1)