convfont(1)
NAME
convfont - convert font files for svgalib
SYNOPSIS
convfont fontfile fontheight vgafontfile
DESCRIPTION
convert the standard format binary fontfile name fontfile
to the codepage format required by restorefont(1). The
converted font is written to vgafontfile.
A binary font file of any number of characters up to 256
can be used, although at least defining the first 128
characters is a good idea. The fontheight must be in the
range 1 - 32.
The fontfile file consist of fontheight bytes stored
sequentially (top to bottom) for each character in your
font, starting with the character with code 0.
The format of vgafontfile is that required by restore
font(1) and described there.
This utility is part of svgalib and can be found in the
utils/ subdirectory of the original svgalib distribution.
However, it is not installed by default, s.t. it is
unclear where you can find it if your svgalib was install
linux distribution.
In case of any such problem, simply get an svgalib distri
bution from the net. You don't need to install it. Just
make in the utils/ subdirecty. As of this writing,
svgalib-1.2.12.tar.gz is the latest version and can be
retrieved by ftp from sunsite.unc.edu at
/pub/Linux/libs/graphics and tsx-11.mit.edu at
/pub/linux/sources/libs which will most probably be mir
rored by a site close to you.
SEE ALSO
svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), dumpreg(1),
fix132x43(1), restorefont(1), restorepalette(1), restore
textmode(1), runx(1), savetextmode(1), setmclk(1),
textmode(1).
AUTHOR
This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@expmath.uni-essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced
utility as well as of the original documentation is
unknown.
It is very likely that both are at least to some extent
are due to Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.
- Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be
excused by the original author and will happily accept any
additions or corrections to this first version of the
svgalib manual.