---
name: "unihexgen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "unifont-bin"
version: "1:15.1.01-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/unihexgen"
---

# unihexgen(1)

Generate Unifont 4- or 6-digit hexadecimal glyphs

## NAME

unihexgen - Generate Unifont 4- or 6-digit hexadecimal glyphs

## SYNOPSIS

**unihexgen** *startpoint endpoint*

## DESCRIPTION

**unihexgen** produces unifont.hex entries in the Unicode code point range *startpoint* to *endpoint* (specified as the two command-line arguments). Output is to STDOUT.  If a codepoint is less than or equal to "FFFF" (i.e., 0xFFFF), a four-digit hexadecimal number is encoded within the corresponding Unifont glyph as two digits on each of two rows.  Otherwise, a six-digit hexadecimal number is encoded as three digits on each of two rows.

## OPTIONS

There are no options.

## FILES

\*.hex as output.

## EXAMPLE

To generate the Private Use Area glyphs in the Unicode range U+E000..U+F8FF, invoke unihexgen with these arguments:

**unihexgen** e000 f8ff

## SEE ALSO

[**bdfimplode**(1)](/bdfimplode/1.md), [**hex2bdf**(1)](/hex2bdf/1.md), **hex2otf**(1), [**hex2sfd**(1)](/hex2sfd/1.md), [**hexbraille**(1)](/hexbraille/1.md), [**hexdraw**(1)](/hexdraw/1.md), [**hexkinya**(1)](/hexkinya/1.md), [**hexmerge**(1)](/hexmerge/1.md), **johab2syllables**(1), [**johab2ucs2**(1)](/johab2ucs2/1.md), [**unibdf2hex**(1)](/unibdf2hex/1.md), [**unibmp2hex**(1)](/unibmp2hex/1.md), [**unibmpbump**(1)](/unibmpbump/1.md), [**unicoverage**(1)](/unicoverage/1.md), [**unidup**(1)](/unidup/1.md), [**unifont**(5)](/unifont/5.md), **unifont-johab631**(5), [**unifont-viewer**(1)](/unifont-viewer/1.md), [**unifont1per**(1)](/unifont1per/1.md), [**unifontchojung**(1)](/unifontchojung/1.md), [**unifontksx**(1)](/unifontksx/1.md), [**unifontpic**(1)](/unifontpic/1.md), **unigen-hangul**(1), [**unigencircles**(1)](/unigencircles/1.md), [**unigenwidth**(1)](/unigenwidth/1.md), [**unihex2bmp**(1)](/unihex2bmp/1.md), [**unihex2png**(1)](/unihex2png/1.md), [**unihexfill**(1)](/unihexfill/1.md), **unihexpose**(1), [**unihexrotate**(1)](/unihexrotate/1.md), **unijohab2html**(1), [**unipagecount**(1)](/unipagecount/1.md), [**unipng2hex**(1)](/unipng2hex/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**unihexgen** was written by Paul Hardy.

## LICENSE

**unihexgen** is Copyright © 2013 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.

## BUGS

No known real bugs exist, except that this software does not perform extensive error checking on its command-line arguments.  If they're not in the format of the original bitmapped output from **unihexgen,** all bets are off.