HEX2SFD(1)		     General Commands Manual		      HEX2SFD(1)

NAME
     hex2sfd - Convert a GNU Unifont .hex file into a FontForge .sfd format

SYNOPSIS
     hex2sfd < input-font.hex > output-font.sfd

DESCRIPTION
     hex2sfd reads a GNU Unifont .hex file from STDIN and writes an outline font
     representation  in	 FontForge  Spline Font Database (.sfd) format.	 The re-
     sulting .sfd file can then be converted by FontForge into a  TrueType  .ttf
     font.

FILES
     GNU Unifont .hex font files for input, FontForge .sfd font files for output

SEE ALSO
     bdfimplode(1),    hex2bdf(1),    hex2otf(1),   hexbraille(1),   hexdraw(1),
     hexkinya(1),  hexmerge(1),	 johab2ucs2(1),	 unibdf2hex(1),	  unibmp2hex(1),
     unibmpbump(1),  unicoverage(1),  unidup(1),  unifont(5), unifont-viewer(1),
     unifont1per(1), unifontchojung(1), unifontksx(1), unifontpic(1), unigencir-
     cles(1), unigenwidth(1), unihex2bmp(1), unihex2png(1), unihexfill(1),  uni-
     hexgen(1), unihexrotate(1), unipagecount(1), unipng2hex(1)

AUTHOR
     hex2sfd  was written by Luis Alejandro Gonzalez Miranda in 2005, with modi-
     fications by Paul Hardy in 2008.

LICENSE
     hex2sfd is Copyright (C) 2005 Luis Alejandro  Gonzalez  Miranda,  (C)  2008
     Paul Hardy.

     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it un-
     der  the  terms  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
     Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your	 option)
     any later version.

BUGS
     No known bugs exist.

				   2008 Jul 06			      HEX2SFD(1)