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VTFONTCVT(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual VTFONTCVT(8) NAME vtfontcvt -- convert font files for use by the video console SYNOPSIS vtfontcvt [-n] [-f font|source|compressed-source] [-h height] -o output_file [-v] [-w width] normal_font [bold_font] DESCRIPTION The vtfontcvt utility reads source font files in either BDF or Unifont HEX format and outputs a binary font file, C source, or C source with font data compressed by using LZ4 compression method. The output in C source is intended to be used to embed the font into program binary. The binary font file is for use by vt(4). HEX format files must have the file extension .hex. The following options are available: -f font|source|compressed-source Specify the output format. The default is binary font file. -h height Set font height. The default is 16. Font height is set auto- matically for BDF files and for HEX files that have a `# Height: height' comment before any font data. -n Do not apply output filtering with C source output. -o output_file Specify the name for the output file. -v Display verbose statistics about the converted font. -w width Set font width. The default is 8. Font width is set automati- cally for BDF files and for HEX files that have a `# Width: width' comment before any font data. SEE ALSO vidcontrol(1), vt(4) HISTORY The vtfontcvt utility first appeared in FreeBSD 10.1. FreeBSD 13.0 August 2, 2020 FreeBSD 13.0
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