SYNOPSIS

unihex2bmp [-phexpage] [-iinput_file.hex] [-ooutput_file.bmp] [-f] [-w]

DESCRIPTION

unihex2bmp reads a GNU Unifont .hex file Unicode page of 256 code points and converts the page into a Microsoft Windows Bitmap (.bmp) or Wireless Bitmap (.wbmp) file. The bitmap file displays the glyphs of a Unicode block of 256 code points in a 32 by 32 pixel grid. The glyphs themselves must be 16 rows high, and either 8 columns or 16 columns wide. The default page is 0; that is, the range U+0000 through U+00FF.

The bitmap can be printed. It can also be edited with a bitmap editor. An edited bitmap can then be re-converted into a GNU Unifont .hex file with the unibmp2hex command.

OPTIONS

-ppagenum

Extract page pagenum from the .hex file. The default is Page 0 (Unicode range U+0000 through U+00FF). Note that "page" is not a standard Unicode term. It refers to an output bitmap graphics page of 16 by 16 code points.

-i

Specify the input file. The default is STDIN.

-o

Specify the output file. The default is STDOUT.

-f

"Flip" (transpose) the grid so it matches the Unicode standard order.

-w

Produce a Wireless Bitmap format file instead of a Microsoft Windows Bitmap file.

Sample usage:

unihex2bmp -imy_input_file.hex -omy_output_file.bmp

FILES

*.hex GNU Unifont font files

AUTHOR

unihex2bmp was written by Paul Hardy.

LICENSE

unihex2bmp is Copyright © 2007 Paul Hardy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.