NAME¶
unihex2bmp - GNU Unifont .hex file to bitmap graphics file converter
SYNOPSIS¶
unihex2bmp [-phexpage] [-iinput_file] [-ooutput_file] [-f] [-w]
DESCRIPTION¶
unihex2bmp reads a GNU Unifont .hex file Unicode page of 256 code points
and converts the page into a Microsoft Windows Bitmap (.bmp) or Wireless
Bitmap (.wbmp) file. The bitmap file displays the glyphs of a Unicode block of
256 code points in a 32 by 32 pixel grid. The glyphs themselves must be 16
rows, and either 8 columns or 16 columns wide. The default page is 0; that is,
the range U+0000 throught U+00FF.
The bitmap can be printed. It can also be edited with a bitmap editor. An edited
bitmap can then be re-converted into a GNU Unifont .hex file with the
unibmp2hex command.
OPTIONS¶
- -ppagenum
- Extract page pagenum from the .hex file. The default
is Page 0 (Unicode range U+0000 through U+00FF). Note that
"page" is not a standard Unicode term. It refers to an output
bitmap graphics page of 16 by 16 code points.
- -i
- Specify the input file. The default is stdin.
- -o
- Specify the output file. The default is stdout.
- -f
- "Flip" (transpose) the grid so it matches the
Unicode standard order.
- -w
- Produce a Wireless Bitmap format file instead of a
Microsoft Windows Bitmap file.
FILES¶
- *.hex GNU Unifont font files
SEE ALSO¶
bdfimplode(1),
hex2bdf(1),
hex2bdf-split(1),
hex2sfd(1),
hexbraille(1),
hexdraw(1),
hexmerge(1),
johab2ucs2(1),
unibmp2hex(1),
unicoverage(1),
unidup(1),
unipagecount(1),
uniunmask(1)
AUTHOR¶
unihex2bmp was written by Paul Hardy.
LICENSE¶
unihex2bmp is Copyright © 2007 Paul Hardy, and is released under
version 2 of the GNU General Public License, or (at your option) a later
version.
BUGS¶
No known real bugs exist, except that this software does not perform extensive
error checking on its input files. If they're not in the format of the
original GNU Unifont hex file, all bets are off. Lines can be terminated
either with carriage return, or carriage return plus line feed.