vfont2psf(1)

📦 version 1.1.3, in nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 vfont2psf — from the PSF Tools bestie collection 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to vfont2psf(1), one of the little gems in PSF Tools. it takes your cute BSD vfont(5) file and turns it into a PC Screen Font. glow-up of the century, fr fr ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vfont2psf — converts a BSD vfont file into a PC Screen Font. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

vfont2psf [--psf1] [--psf2] [--align] [INPUTFILE [OUTPUTFILE]]

look at her. she's serving. notice the options go before the optional INPUTFILE and OUTPUTFILE, okay? order matters, no cap 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: vfont2psf converts a font that's chilling in the BSD vfont(5) format over to the PC Screen Font format. simple, iconic, done.

but here's the part you need to know, and it's giving plot twist 😭 — characters in a vfont can be variable size. PSF? absolutely not. PSF is a fixed-size format, she does not do variable, she does not do chaos. so every single character gets bumped up to the size of the largest character in the file. everyone gets stretched to match the tallest queen in the room 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --psf1 — outputs in PSF version 1 format. classic flavor, vintage vibes 💖
  • --v2 — outputs in PSF version 2 format. the newer girlie ✨
  • --align — okay so in a vfont, every character has a basepoint, and when characters get printed, those basepoints are what line them up. if you pass this option, the character bitmaps get moved around so they align correctly 🎯 but heads up bestie — this can make the bitmaps get even bigger than they would be if you didn't use the option. bigger bitmaps, but at least they're aligned. trade-offs, you know how it is 😭

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • psf2vfont(1) — the reverse trip, if you ever wanna go back 💫

💜 AUTHOR 💜

John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com> — thank you for your service, king 🫡

fr fr, that's the whole page. no filler, no fluff, just a font converter with main character energy.

okay bestie that's a wrap 💅 this was PSF Tools, Version 1.1.3, dated 28 April, 2026 — so she's fresh, she's current, and she ate. periodt 🎀🌈⭐

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