Font utilities

for version 0.7

March 2000

This manual documents how to install and run the GNU font utilities. It corresponds to version 0.7 (released in March 2000).

The introduction briefly describes the purpose and philosophy of the font utilities. The overview gives details on their general usage, especially how they interact, and describes various things which are common to all or most of the programs.

The first part of this master menu lists the major nodes in this Info document, including the index. The rest of the menu lists all the lower level nodes in the document.

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Installation
  • 2.1 The configure script
  • 2.2 Prerequisites
    • 2.2.1 Archives
  • 2.3 Problems
• 3 Overview
  • 3.1 Picture
  • 3.2 Creating fonts
    • 3.2.1 Font creation example
  • 3.3 Command-line options
    • 3.3.1 The main input file
    • 3.3.2 Common options
    • 3.3.3 Specifying character codes
      • 3.3.3.1 Named character codes
      • 3.3.3.2 Numeric character codes
    • 3.3.4 Common option values
  • 3.4 Font searching
  • 3.5 Font naming
• 4 Bugs
  • 4.1 Bug criteria
  • 4.2 Bug reporting
    • 4.2.1 Necessary information
    • 4.2.2 Unnecessary information
    • 4.2.3 Documentation bugs
• 5 File formats
  • 5.1 File format abbreviations
  • 5.2 Common file syntax
  • 5.3 Encoding files
    • 5.3.1 Character names
    • 5.3.2 Ligature definitions
    • 5.3.3 GNU encodings
  • 5.4 Coding scheme map file
• 6 Imageto
  • 6.1 Imageto usage
    • 6.1.1 Viewing an image
    • 6.1.2 Image to font conversion
    • 6.1.3 Dirty images
  • 6.2 IFI files
  • 6.3 Invoking Imageto
• 7 IMGrotate
  • 7.1 IMGrotate usage
    • 7.1.1 Clockwise rotation
    • 7.1.2 Flip rotation
  • 7.2 Invoking IMGrotate
• 8 Fontconvert
  • 8.1 Invoking Fontconvert
    • 8.1.1 Fontconvert output options
    • 8.1.2 Character selection options
    • 8.1.3 Character manipulation options
    • 8.1.4 Fontwide information options
    • 8.1.5 Miscellaneous options
• 9 Charspace
  • 9.1 Charspace usage
  • 9.2 CMI files
    • 9.2.1 CMI tokens
    • 9.2.2 char command
    • 9.2.3 char-width command
    • 9.2.4 define command
    • 9.2.5 kern command
    • 9.2.6 codingscheme command
    • 9.2.7 fontdimen command
      • 9.2.7.1 TFM fontdimens
    • 9.2.8 CMI processing
  • 9.3 Invoking Charspace
• 10 Limn
  • 10.1 Limn algorithm
    • 10.1.1 Finding pixel outlines
    • 10.1.2 Finding corners
    • 10.1.3 Removing knees
    • 10.1.4 Filtering curves
    • 10.1.5 Fitting the bitmap curve
      • 10.1.5.1 Initializing t
      • 10.1.5.2 Finding tangents
      • 10.1.5.3 Finding the spline
      • 10.1.5.4 Reparameterization
      • 10.1.5.5 Subdivision
    • 10.1.6 Changing splines to lines
    • 10.1.7 Changing lines to splines
    • 10.1.8 Aligning endpoints
    • 10.1.9 Displaying fitting online
  • 10.2 Invoking Limn
• 11 BZRto
  • 11.1 Metafont and BZRto
    • 11.1.1 Metafont output at any size
    • 11.1.2 Proofing with Metafont
  • 11.2 Type 1 PostScript fonts and BZRto
  • 11.3 Type 3 PostScript fonts and BZRto
  • 11.4 CCC files
    • 11.4.1 CCC setchar statements
    • 11.4.2 CCC move statements
  • 11.5 Invoking BZRto
  • 11.6 BZR files
    • 11.6.1 BZR format introduction
    • 11.6.2 BZR preamble
    • 11.6.3 BZR characters
      • 11.6.3.1 BZR character beginnings
      • 11.6.3.2 BZR character shapes
    • 11.6.4 BZR postamble
• 12 BPLtoBZR
  • 12.1 BPL files
    • 12.1.1 BPL preamble
    • 12.1.2 BPL characters
      • 12.1.2.1 BPL outlines
    • 12.1.3 BPL postamble
  • 12.2 Invoking BPLtoBZR
• 13 XBfe
  • 13.1 XBfe usage
    • 13.1.1 Controlling XBfe
    • 13.1.2 XBfe shape editing
      • 13.1.2.1 Selections
      • 13.1.2.2 Enlarging the bitmap
    • 13.1.3 XBfe metrics editing
  • 13.2 Invoking XBfe
• 14 BZRedit
  • 14.1 BZRedit usage
    • 14.1.1 BZRedit installation
    • 14.1.2 Editing BZR files
    • 14.1.3 Editing BPL files
      • 14.1.3.1 BZRedit and Ghostscript
• 15 GSrenderfont
  • 15.1 GSrenderfont usage
    • 15.1.1 GSrenderfont font names
    • 15.1.2 GSrenderfont output size
    • 15.1.3 GSrenderfont encoding
  • 15.2 Invoking GSrenderfont
• 16 Enhancements
  • 16.1 Additional fonts
    • 16.1.1 Legal issues
  • 16.2 Program features
  • 16.3 Portability
  • 16.4 Implementation
• A GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
  • Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• B Regain your programming freedom
  • 16.7 Software patents
  • 16.8 User interface copyright
  • 16.9 What to do?
• Index

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