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From: Ignoramus27711 on 16 Jun 2010 17:08
I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.

I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
subsequent use of bdftopcf).

However, ttf2bdf is buggy and cannot convert, say, COUR.ttf (Corier
New font). It chokes on it and produces a file without any characters
defined.

Freetype1 is no longer supported, so I am looking for an alternative.

Freetype2 seems to only be a library.

So, I want to find some tool to convert TTF fonts to bitmapped Unix
fonts (PCF).

Some may ask, why bitmapped? The answer is that there is some third
party library that needs them.

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From: J G Miller on 16 Jun 2010 18:08
On Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at 16:08:17h -0500, Ignoramus27711 declared:

> So, I want to find some tool to convert TTF fonts to bitmapped Unix
> fonts (PCF).

Have you tried fontforge?

<http://fontforge.sourceforge.NET/>

See the FAQ and

"How do I convert from an outline format to a bitmap format?"
From: JEDIDIAH on 16 Jun 2010 18:23
On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>
>
> I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
> fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.
>
> I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
> subsequent use of bdftopcf).

Why bother anymore?

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From: Ignoramus27711 on 16 Jun 2010 19:21
On 2010-06-16, JEDIDIAH <jedi(a)nomad.mishnet> wrote:
> On 2010-06-16, Ignoramus27711 <ignoramus27711(a)NOSPAM.27711.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I need to convert some Microsoft TTF TrueType fonts to bitmapped
>> fonts, to generate several fonts of differing size.
>>
>> I had some success with utility ttf2bdf from Freetype1 library. (and
>> subsequent use of bdftopcf).
>
> Why bother anymore?
>

What exactly are you trying to say?

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From: Ignoramus27711 on 16 Jun 2010 19:22
On 2010-06-16, J G Miller <miller(a)yoyo.ORG> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at 16:08:17h -0500, Ignoramus27711 declared:
>
>> So, I want to find some tool to convert TTF fonts to bitmapped Unix
>> fonts (PCF).
>
> Have you tried fontforge?
>
> <http://fontforge.sourceforge.NET/>
>
> See the FAQ and
>
> "How do I convert from an outline format to a bitmap format?"

Looks kind of promising. Ideally I would like to find a command line
tool, but even this will work if it can read a TTF and write PCF or
something that can be converted to PCF. Thanks. I will post some
results.

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