vtfontcvt(8)

NAME

vtfontcvt – convert font files for use by the video console

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

The vtfontcvt utility reads source font files in either BDF or Unifont HEX format and outputs a file in one of the available output formats.

HEX format files (normal_font and bold_font) must have the file extension .hex.

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.

-v

Display verbose statistics about the converted font.

-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.

The vtfontcvt utility first appeared in FreeBSD 10.1.