BDFTOSYSCONS(1)

NAME
bdftosyscons - convert a bdf font to a font for the FreeBSD syscons system

SYNOPSIS
bdftosyscons BDFFILE

DESCRIPTION
Bdftosyscons converts a bitmap font in bdf format to the format used by the old FreeBSD console system (syscons) and prints the result to standard output.

LIMITATIONS
Bdftosyscons assumes that the glyphs of the input font have either height 8, 14, or 16, and either width 7 or 8. If the width of the original font is 7, the glyphs are padded to a width of 8; this padding relies on design decisions and glyph name conventions of UW ttyp0. For fonts from other sources, this may not be optimal. Bdftosyscons assumes that all bitmaps in the bdf file are padded to the full width and height of the font. This holds for all bdf files in the ttyp0 distribution, but it does not hold for arbitrary bdf files. If the bitmaps are not padded, the conversion will fail.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020-2025 Uwe Waldmann.

Bdftosyscons may be freely used, copied, or modified under the terms of the MIT license.