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.Dd July 19, 2022 .Dt VTFONTCVT 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vtfontcvt .Nd "convert font files for use by the video console" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl nv .Op Fl f Ar format .Op Fl h Ar height .Op Fl w Ar width .Fl o Ar output_file .Ar normal_font .Op Ar bold_font .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility reads source font files in either BDF or Unifont HEX format and outputs a file in one of the available output formats.
p HEX format files
o Ar normal_font and .Ar bold_font Pc must have the file extension
a .hex .
p The following options are available: l -tag -width "-o output_file" t Fl f Ar format Specify the output format. Available formats are: l -tag -width "compressed-source" t Cm compressed-source C source with font data compressed by using LZ4 compression method. t Cm font A binary font file
q default . t Cm source C source. .El
p The output in C source is intended to be used to embed the font into program binary.
p The binary font file is for use by .Xr vt 4 . t Fl h Ar height Set font height. The default is 16. Font height is set automatically for BDF files and for HEX files that have a .D1 # Height: Ar height comment before any font data. t Fl n Do not apply output filtering with C source output. t Fl o Ar output_file Specify the name for the output file. t Fl v Display verbose statistics about the converted font. t Fl w Ar width Set font width. The default is 8. Font width is set automatically for BDF files and for HEX files that have a .D1 # Width: Ar width comment before any font data. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vidcontrol 1 , .Xr vt 4 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility first appeared in .Fx 10.1 .