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	@(#)makefont.n
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.TH MAKEFONT 1N
.UC 4
.SH NAME
getgfont, makcfont, getcfont \- font conversions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B getgfont
name [ font.o [ outp.v ] ]
.br
.B makcfont
name [ font.v [ outp.s ] ]
.br
.B getcfont
name [ font.o [ outp.v ] ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
These were used to make fonts for the comet
bitmapped graphics terminal.
Currently we don't have any software to make
use of these programs.
.PP
.I Getgfont
converts a genix font object (assembler output)
to font source.
An example of a font source is the file
/usr/lib/vfont/typerite_10.v,
which was made by applying 
.I getgfont
to typerite_10.o, the font object used by the
genix bitmapped graphics terminal.
.I Makcfont
converts a font source to a comet font assembly source,
which subsequently must be run through
.I as
and linked with the main program.
.I Getcfont
is analogous to
.I getgfont
for comet font objects.
A fourth program,
.I makgfont,
was omitted as unnecessary.
I believe that an equivalent program called
.I mfont
exists on the original genix
(but is not included in our genix distribution).
.PP
In all cases, missing arguments are constructed
from the font name (first argument).
The *.v argument can also be "\-",
meaning standard input or standard output.
.PP
The conversions were necessary (or at least desirable)
due to differences in genix and comet graphics hardware.
Comet fonts are in fact closer to original unix fonts.
.SH BUGS
The format of font sources is something I dreamed up but
can hardly differ much from what it's supposed to be.
.sp
Real programmers design fonts using the font editor
.I fed
on a HP 2648.
.SH FILES
/usr/include/vfont.h
.SH SEE ALSO
vfont(5)