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pk2bm(1)


NAME

   pk2bm - 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 program 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
   Maintained in TeX Live; please send bug reports or other correspondence
   to tex-k@tug.org (http://lists.tug.org/tex-k).

                              1 Feb 2016                          PK2BM(1)



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