.TH bdftopcf "" "" "X Utility"
.PC "Generate a PCF font from a BDF file"
.fi
\fBbdftopcf
[\-i]
[\-L]
[\-l]
[\-M]
[\-m]
[\-o \fIpcf_file\^\fB]
[\-p\fInumber\^\fB]
[\-t]
[\-u\fInumber\^\fB]
[\fIbdf_file\^\fB]\fR
.PP
.B bdftopcf
converts a font from bitmap distribution format (BDF) to the 
portable compiled format PCF normally used by X Windows for \*(CO.
.I bdf_file
names the file that holds the BDF font;
if none is named,
.B bdftopcf
reads the standard input.
.PP
.B bdftopcf
recognizes the following command-line options:
.IP "\fB\-i\fR"
Do not compute ``ink metrics'' for terminal-emulator fonts.
.IP "\fB\-L\fR"
Force the byte order to least-significant-byte first.
.IP "\fB\-l\fR"
Force the bit order to least-significant-bit first.
.IP "\fB\-M\fR"
Force the byte order to most-significant-byte first.
.IP "\fB\-m\fR"
Force the bit order to most-significant-bit first.
.IP "\fB\-o \fIpcf_file\fR"
Write the output into
.IR pcf_file .
If this command-line option is not used,
.B bdftopcf
writes the PCF file to the standard output.
.IP "\fB\-p\fInumber\fR"
Force the glyph padding to
.IR number ,
which can be one, two, four, or eight.
.IP "\fB\-t\fR"
Expand the glyphs in the terminal-emulator fonts to fill the bounding box.
.IP "\fB\-u\fInumber\fR"
Force the scanline-unit padding to
.IR number ,
which must be one of one, two, or four.
.SH "See Also"
.B
mkfontdir,
X utilities
.R
