psf2vfont(1)

💖 psf2vfont 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to psf2vfont, a lil utility from the PSF Tools lineup 🌸 it takes your PC Screen Font and turns it into a BSD vfont. that's the whole job. it's giving glow-up, but for font files ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

psf2vfont [--v1] [--v2] [--big-endian] [--basepoint=x,y] [INPUTFILE
[OUTPUTFILE]]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, here's the deal: psf2vfont converts a font that's chillin' in the .PSF format and rewrites it into the BSD vfont(5) format 💅 that's it, that's the plot. no cap.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

• --v1 — write it out in the original vfont(5) format 🎀 but heads up, this format has limitations and they are not cute: at most 256 characters, at most 127x127 pixels per character, and no Unicode directory at all 😭 so if you got a big fancy font, this is not the vibe.
• --v2 — write it out in vfont2(5) format instead ✨ this one lets you have more characters, bigger bitmaps, and Unicode — iconic — but rn it's currently supported only by psftools utilities 💀 so don't go expecting the whole world to read it.
• --big-endian — when you're writing in the original vfont format, this makes it a big-endian file, which is the move if you're targeting platforms like SunOS 🌞 lowkey retro of you.
• --basepoint=x,y — so in a vfont, every character has a basepoint, and when characters get printed those basepoints are what align them 🫶 by default this gets calculated as the bottom left-hand corner of character 65 (that's capital A, bestie). this option lets you set it manually instead, if you're feeling particular 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• vfont2psf(1) — the reverse trip, if you ever wanna go back 🔁

💜 AUTHOR 💜

John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com> — ty for your service, king 👑✉️

okay pookie, that's the whole page 🍓 written by PSF Tools, Version 1.1.3, dated 28 April, 2026, and starring psf2vfont(1) in the leading role 💖 mwah, go convert something iconic ✨🎀