PCF2BDF(1)

📦 version 1.07, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🦋 PCF2BDF(1) — the font glow-up page 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the PCF2BDF manual, straight out of the General Commands Manual. this is the one that takes your crusty old compiled font files and turns them back into readable ones. it's giving reverse-engineering but make it cute. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

pcf2bdf — convert X font from Portable Compiled Format to Bitmap Distribution Format

no cap, that's literally it. it converts. that's the whole job. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pcf2bdf [ -v ] [ -o outputfile ] [ fontfile.pcf[.gz] ]

look at that. tiny. adorable. slay. ✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so pcf2bdf is a font de-compiler. it takes an X font that's chilling in Portable Compiled Format (PCF) and converts it over to Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF). it's basically un-baking a cake and getting the recipe back. 🔥

it can also accept a compressed/gzipped PCF file as input, which is so convenient of it — but heads up: gzip must be found in your PATH for that to work. no gzip, no decompression, no vibes. 😭

🚨 real talk moment: FONTBOUNDINGBOX in a BDF file is not used by bdftopcf, so pcf2bdf generates irresponsible values. yes. irresponsible. that's the actual word. it's not me being dramatic, it's in the manual. the values are out here living their truth with zero accountability. 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -v — very verbose output. like, it will talk. it will tell you everything. main character energy but for logging. 👑
  • -o output-file-name — by default pcf2bdf writes the bdf file to standard output, which is great if you're piping it somewhere. this option gives the name of a file to be used instead, so you can send your freshly decompiled font straight to a real file like the organized icon you are. 🎀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • bdftopcf(1) — the one that goes the other way. the sequel. the remix. 🔄
  • X(7) — the big one. the mothership. 🛸

✨ AUTHOR ✨

TAGA Nayuta <nayuta@ganaware.jp> — legend behavior, honestly. ty for your service. 🫡💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌸 this was PCF2BDF(1) from the General Commands Manual — go forth and de-compile something iconic. you got this fr fr 💖✨🦋

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