NAME

gf2pbm - convert a character from a GF font file to PBM format

SYNOPSIS

gf2pbm [options] GF-file

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the gf2pbm command. gf2pbm is a program that converts a single character from a METAFONT-produced GF font file to PBM format. It is used internally by mftrace(1) to feed to autotrace(1) to create a Postscript outline description of the character.

OPTIONS

-b

Dump a bitmap file.

-s

Show glyph size.

-n NUM

Process glyph number NUM.

-o FILE

Output to FILE instead of stdout.

-h

Show summary of options.

-d

Display debugging information.

EXIT STATUS

gf2pbm exits with status 0 if successful, status 1 if the requested glyph did not exist and status 2 if there was some other error.

SEE ALSO

mf(1), pktrace(1).

AUTHOR

gf2pbm is based on Paul Vojta's Xdvi, and was munged by Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>. This manual page was written by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).