SPLITFONT(1)
โจ NAME โจ
okay so bestie, this is splitfont, and it's literally just one tool ๐ its whole job is to extract characters from an ISO-type font ๐ค
๐ SYNOPSIS ๐
splitfont fontfile <character range>...
๐ DESCRIPTION ๐
okay the vibe here is that splitfont removes characters from a font file you give it ๐ซถ you name the font file, you list the characters you want gone, and it deletes every one of them from that font file ๐ญ it's giving surgical precision โจ
this works for Linux console fonts ๐ฅ๏ธ but there are some rules, so pay attention bestie:
- the font has to be without PSF headers ๐ โโ๏ธ
- it has to contain just 256 characters ๐ข
the character range you pass in is written like this:
17,23-30,
so you can list single characters, or ranges with a dash, and separate them with commas ๐ฆ
๐ธ SEE ALSO ๐ธ
ngl the one to check out next is setfont(8) ๐ iykyk ๐ง
bestie, that's the whole page ๐ source: kbd, dated 2002-02-24, manual SPLITFONT(1) ๐๐ stay iconic, periodt ๐
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- arch rolling: kbd 2.10.0-1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian bookworm: kbd 2.5.1-1+b1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: kbd 2.7.1-2 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- nixos 26.05: kbd 2.9.0
- nixos 26.05: kbd-vlock 2.9.0
- nixpkgs unstable: kbd 2.9.0
- nixpkgs unstable: kbd-vlock 2.9.0
- opensuse-leap 16.0: kbd 2.7.1-160000.3.1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: kbd 2.7.1-160000.3.1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: kbd 2.7.1-160000.3.1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
- opensuse-leap 16.0: kbd 2.7.1-160000.3.1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: kbd 2.3.0-3ubuntu4 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: kbd 2.3.0-3ubuntu4.22.04 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: kbd 2.6.4-2ubuntu2 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: kbd 2.7.1-2ubuntu1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu resolute: kbd 2.7.1-2ubuntu2 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: kbd 2.9.0-1ubuntu1 ยท GPL-2.0-or-later
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