pk2bm - create a bitmap from a TeX pkfont
pk2bm [-bh] [-W
width] [-H
height] -c
char pkfont
pk2bm [-bh] [-W
width] [-H
height] -o
octchar pkfont
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 program to design fonts in a device independent
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.
`METAFONT', Donald Knuth.
`The PKtype processor', belonging to the METAFONTware.
bitmap(X11),
gftopk(TeX),
pktype(TeX),
ps2pk(1)
Piet Tutelaers
Maintained in TeX Live; please send bug reports or other correspondence
to [email protected] (http://lists.tug.org/tex-k).