vfontxsaa(1)

📦 version 1.1.3, in nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 vfontxsaa — a PSF Tools girlie 💖

okay so bestie, buckle up, this is vfontxsaa from the PSF Tools crew, and she is literally about to make your fonts twice as big. no cap. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

vfontxsaa — doubles the character height and width in a Berkeley vfont file. it's giving glow-up, but for glyphs. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

vfontxsaa [--v1] [--v2] [--big-endian] [--little-endian] [INPUTFILE
[OUTPUTFILE]]

like… feed her a file, optionally tell her where to put the result, and she eats. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: vfontxsaa doubles the height and width of all characters in a font that's in the Berkeley vfont format. every single one. no character left behind. 👑

and how does she do it, you ask? she uses the SAA5050 algorithm to smooth out those diagonal lines. so your diagonals don't come out all jagged and crunchy — they get that soft, polished, main-character finish. 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --v1 — output in the original vfont(5) format. cute and classic, but she's got limitations, bestie, and we have to be honest about them: at most 256 characters, at most 127x127 pixels per character, and no Unicode directory. it's giving vintage. 🎀
  • --v2 — output in vfont2(5) format. this one lets you have more characters, larger bitmaps, and Unicode 🦋✨. the catch? it's currently supported by psftools utilities. iykyk.
  • --big-endian — when you're writing in the original vfont format, this makes a big-endian file. suitable for platforms such as SunOS. retro diva behaviour. 💜
  • --little-endian — when you're writing in the original vfont format, this makes a little-endian file. this is the default behaviour, so if you don't say anything she'll just do this. lowkey iconic of her. 💅
ngl, --big-endian and --little-endian only matter when you're writing in the original vfont format — don't come for me, that's just what the page says. 🙈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too, bestie, they're part of the lore. 📚

💌 AUTHOR 💌

John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com> — the legend herself. mwah. 💖

and that's a wrap on vfontxsaa! 🌸 this was Version 1.1.3, dated 28 April, 2026, brought to you by the PSF Tools girlies. now go forth and double your glyphs, you absolute icon. ✨👑💅🫶

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