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).
February 11, 2002 gf2pbm(1)