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## NAME
       pk2bm - create a bitmap from a TeX pkfont

**SYNOPSIS:**
       pk2bm [-bh] [-W_width_] [-H_height_] -c_char_ pkfont

       pk2bm [-bh] [-W_width_] [-H_height_] -o_octchar_ pkfont

## DESCRIPTION
       This  program  generates  a bitmap (ASCII file) which can be used to create X11 applications.
       The bitmap file consists of all pixels of the specified character (via the -c or  -o  option)
       from the given pkfont. The format is described in bitmap(X11).

       The  pkfont is a packed fontfile generated by gftopk(TeX) from a gffont. A gffont is the out‐
       put of METAFONT a program to design fonts in a device independant way.

       With the -b flag a bitmap is generated in which all black pixels are drawn as a `*'  and  all
       white bits as a `.'. With the -h flag a hexadecimal bitmap dump is generated.

       The -W and/or -H options can be used to create a bitmap of respectivally `width' and `height'
       pixels. The pk-bitmap will in this case be centered according to these new dimensions.

       The output is written to the standard output.

## SEE ALSO
       `METAFONT', Donald Knuth.
       `The PKtype processor', belonging to the METAFONTware.
       bitmap(X11),
       gftopk(TeX),
       pktype(TeX),
       [ps2pk(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ps2pk/1/markdown)


## AUTHOR
       Piet Tutelaers
       Maintained in TeX Live; please send bug reports or other correspondence
       to <tex-k@tug.org> (<http://lists.tug.org/tex-k>).



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