pbmtext (1)
render text into a bitmap
SYNOPSIS
pbmtext
[ -font
fontfile ]
[ -builtin
fontname ]
[ text ]
DESCRIPTION
Takes the specified text, either a single line from the command
line or multiple lines from standard input, and renders it
into a bitmap.
text
OPTIONS
By default, pbmtext uses a built-in font called bdf
(about a 10 point Times-Roman font).
You can use a fixed width font by specifying -builtin fixed.
You can also specify your own font with the
-font
flag.
The
fontfile
is either a BDF file from the X window system or a PBM file.
If the
fontfile
is a PBM file, it is created in a very specific way.
In your window system of choice, display the following text
in the desired (fixed-width) font:
M ",/^_[`jpqy| M
/ !"#$%&'()*+ /
< ,-./01234567 <
> 89:;<=>?@ABC >
@ DEFGHIJKLMNO @
_ PQRSTUVWXYZ[ _
{ \\]^_`abcdefg {
} hijklmnopqrs }
~ tuvwxyz{|}~ ~
M ",/^_[`jpqy| M
Do a screen grab or window dump of that text, using for instance
xwd ,
xgrabsc ,
or
screendump .
Convert the result into a pbm file.
If necessary, use
pnmcut
to remove everything except the text.
Finally, run it through
pnmcrop
pnmcrop
to make sure the edges are right up against the text.
pbmtext
can figure out the sizes and spacings from that.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1993 by Jef Poskanzer and George Phillips
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