User Commands                                          bdftops(1)



NAME
     bdftops - Shell script to convert a BDF file to  a  scalable
     outline using bdftops.ps

SYNOPSIS
     bdftops BDFfilename [AFMfile1name] gsffilename  fontname
     UniqueID [XUID] [encodingname]

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 bdftops converts a BDF file to
     a scalable outline using bdftops.ps.

     The arguments have these meanings:

          BDFfilename   Input bitmap file in BDF format
          AFMfile1name AFM files giving metrics           (Optional)
          gsffilename   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"

     See the Fonts.htm document in the  Ghostscript  distribution
     for information on converting fonts.

EXAMPLES
          bdftops pzdr.bdf ZapfDingbats.afm pzdr.gsf ZapfDingbats 4100000 1000000.1.41

     Then make an entry in Fontmap for the .gsf file (pzdr.gsf in
     this example).

SEE ALSO
     gs(1)


















Ghostscript       Last change: 24 October 2002                  1