VTFONTCVT(8)

💖 VTFONTCVT(8) — convert font files for use by the video console 💖

okay so welcome to the vtfontcvt manual page, bestie — this is the System Manager's Manual energy, and we are literally about to make font files make sense. 🫶✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vtfontcvt — convert font files for use by the video console 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

vtfontcvt [-nv] [-f format] [-h height] [-w width] -o output_file
          normal_font [bold_font]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so here's the tea: the vtfontcvt utility reads source font files in either BDF or Unifont HEX format, then outputs a file in one of the available output formats. slay. ✨

heads up bestie: HEX format files (normal_font and bold_font) must have the file extension .hex. no cap. 🚨

The following options are available:

• -f format — specify the output format. Available formats are:
  • compressed-source — C source with font data compressed by using LZ4 compression method. 🔥
  • font — A binary font file (default). 👑
  • source — C source. 💖

The output in C source is intended to be used to embed the font into program binary. The binary font file is for use by vt(4). 🧚

• -h height — set font height. The default is 16. Font height is set automatically for BDF files and for HEX files that have a # Height: height comment before any font data. 📏✨
• -n — do not apply output filtering with C source output. 🙈
• -o output_file — specify the name for the output file. like, that's where the whole vibe goes. 🎀
• -v — display verbose statistics about the converted font. bestie said give me the numbers. 🔢💅
• -w width — set font width. The default is 8. Font width is set automatically for BDF files and for HEX files that have a # Width: width comment before any font data. 📐✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

vidcontrol(1), vt(4) — go check them out, iykyk. 💜

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The vtfontcvt utility first appeared in FreeBSD 10.1. iconic behavior, honestly. 👑

okay bye bestie — this page’s footer says Debian, dated July 19, 2022 🎀💖