Font utilities

for version 0.6

October 1992

• Introduction
• Installation
  • The configure script
  • Prerequisites
    • Archives
  • Problems
• Overview
  • Picture
  • Creating fonts
    • Font creation example
  • Command-line options
    • The main input file
    • Common options
    • Specifying character codes
      • Named character codes
      • Numeric character codes
    • Common option values
  • Font searching
  • Font naming
• Bugs
  • Bug criteria
  • Bug reporting
    • Necessary information
    • Unnecessary information
    • Documentation bugs
• File formats
  • File format abbreviations
  • Common file syntax
  • Encoding files
    • Character names
    • Ligature definitions
    • GNU encodings
  • Coding scheme map file
• Imageto
  • Imageto usage
    • Viewing an image
    • Image to font conversion
    • Dirty images
  • IFI files
  • Invoking Imageto
• IMGrotate
  • IMGrotate usage
    • Clockwise rotation
    • Flip rotation
  • Invoking IMGrotate
• Fontconvert
  • Invoking Fontconvert
    • Fontconvert output options
    • Character selection options
    • Character manipulation options
    • Fontwide information options
    • Miscellaneous options
• Charspace
  • Charspace usage
  • CMI files
    • CMI tokens
    • char command
    • char-width command
    • define command
    • kern command
    • codingscheme command
    • fontdimen command
      • TFM fontdimens
    • CMI processing
  • Invoking Charspace
• Limn
  • Limn algorithm
    • Finding pixel outlines
    • Finding corners
    • Removing knees
    • Filtering curves
    • Fitting the bitmap curve
      • Initializing @math{t}
      • Finding tangents
      • Finding the spline
      • Reparameterization
      • Subdivision
    • Changing splines to lines
    • Changing lines to splines
    • Aligning endpoints
    • Displaying fitting online
  • Invoking Limn
• BZRto
  • Metafont and BZRto
    • Metafont output at any size
    • Proofing with Metafont
  • Type 1 PostScript fonts and BZRto
  • Type 3 PostScript fonts and BZRto
  • CCC files
    • CCC setchar statements
    • CCC move statements
  • Invoking BZRto
  • BZR files
    • BZR format introduction
    • BZR preamble
    • BZR characters
      • BZR character beginnings
      • BZR character shapes
    • BZR postamble
• BPLtoBZR
  • BPL files
    • BPL preamble
    • BPL characters
      • BPL outlines
    • BPL postamble
  • Invoking BPLtoBZR
• XBfe
  • XBfe usage
    • Controlling XBfe
    • XBfe shape editing
      • Selections
      • Enlarging the bitmap
    • XBfe metrics editing
  • Invoking XBfe
• BZRedit
  • BZRedit usage
    • BZRedit installation
    • Editing BZR files
    • Editing BPL files
      • BZRedit and Ghostscript
• GSrenderfont
  • GSrenderfont usage
    • GSrenderfont font names
    • GSrenderfont output size
    • GSrenderfont encoding
  • Invoking GSrenderfont
• Enhancements
  • Additional fonts
    • Legal issues
  • Program features
  • Portability
  • Implementation
• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
  • Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• Regain your programming freedom
  • Software patents
  • User interface copyright
  • What to do?
• Index

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