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bdftops - Shell script to convert a BDF file to a scalable outline using bdftops.ps bdftops BDF_filename [AFM_file1_name] gsf_filename fontname UniqueID [XUID] [encodingname] 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:

 BDF_filename Input bitmap file in BDF format 
 AFM_file1_name AFM files giving metrics (Optional)
 gsf_filename 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.

 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).

gs(1)