Pktopbm User Manual(1) General Commands Manual Pktopbm User Manual(1)
NAME
pktopbm - convert packed (PK) format font into PBM
SYNOPSIS
pktopbm pkfile [ -x width ] [ -y height ] [-c num] pbmfile ...
DESCRIPTION
This program is part of Netpbm(1).
pktopbm reads a packed (PK) font file as input, and produces PBM images
as output. If the filename "-" is used for any of the filenames, the
standard input stream (or standard output where appropriate) will be
used. If either the width or height is specified, this value will be
used for all bitmaps produced. Also if one or both values are specified,
the bitmap will be relocated with the hoffset and voffset given in the
pkfile. The basepoint will be placed in the lower left corner of the
bitmap if the bitmap is bigger than the specified size it will be trun-
cated at the top or right.
OPTIONS
In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm
(most notably -quiet, see ]8;;index.html#commonoptions\ Common Options]8;;\ ), pktopbm recognizes the fol-
lowing command line options:
-character num
This is the code point (character number) to which the first
specified output file pertains. Ergo, there is no output for
any
code point lower than this.
-x width
The width of the image in columns.
The default is what is specified in the font file.
-y width
The height of the image in rows.
The default is what is specified in the font file.
HISTORY
Before Netpbm 11.04 (September 2023), the program would sometimes add
the suffix '.pk' to the specified input file name. It also
let you specify multiple -c options, with each applying to the
output file names that came after it.
SEE ALSO
pbmtopk(1), pbm(1)
AUTHOR
Adapted from Tom Rokicki's pxtopk by Angus Duggan <ajcd@dcs.ed.ac.uk>.
<bartel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> in March 1995.
DOCUMENT SOURCE
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