mbf-util -- Bitmap font utilities
=================================

This is a set  of command-line tools intended to make  it easy to handle
bitmap fonts in the MBF format.

It is  possible to convert  fonts from the  popular BDF format  into MBF
fonts using the bdf2mbf program.

```
$ bdf2mbf font.bdf font.mbf
```

The mbfinfo program outputs basic information about an MBF file.

```
$ mbfinfo font.mbf
chars 191
width 6
height 11
```

Two other converters can be used to edit glyphs as plain text:

```
$ mbf2fnt font-6x11.mbf         # extract glyphs to a new folder "6x11"
$ $EDITOR 6x11/U 0026           # edit ampersand glyph as plain text
$ fnt2mbf 6x11 font-6x11.mbf    # rewrite MBF file with new design
$ rm -rf 6x11                   # remove plain text glyphs when done
```

The helper script  fntstr can be used to check  the plain-text design at
any time.

```
$ fntstr 6x11 'foo & bar'

                                                      
  XX                                X                 
 X                       XX         X                 
 X                      X  X        X                 
 XXX   XXX   XXX        X X         X XX   XXX  X XX  
 X    X   X X   X        X          XX  X     X XX  X 
 X    X   X X   X       X X X       X   X  XXXX X     
 X    X   X X   X       X  X        X   X X   X X     
 X     XXX   XXX         XX X       XXXX   XXXX X     
                                                      
                                                      
```

Finally, to  see a  single glyph  from an  MBF file  as plain  text, the
mbfchr program can be used.

```
$ mbfchr font.mbf 0x26

      
      
 ##   
#  #  
# #   
 #    
# # # 
#  #  
 ## # 
      
      
```

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All of the  source code and documentation for mbf-util  is released into
the public domain and provided without warranty of any kind.