BDFIMPLODE(1) General Commands Manual BDFIMPLODE(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

bdfimplode - Convert a BDF font into GNU Unifont .hex format

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**bdfimplode** &lt; *input-font.bdf* &gt; *output-font.hex*

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**bdfimplode** reads a BDF font from STDOUT and writes GNU Unifont .hex conversion of the font to STDOUT.

# [FILES](#FILES)

\*.bdf font files

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**hex2bdf**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/hex2bdf.1), [**hex2otf**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/hex2otf.1), [**hex2sfd**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/hex2sfd.1), [**hexbraille**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/hexbraille.1), [**hexdraw**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/hexdraw.1), [**hexkinya**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/hexkinya.1), [**hexmerge**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/hexmerge.1), [**johab2syllables**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/johab2syllables.1), [**johab2ucs2**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/johab2ucs2.1), [**unibdf2hex**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unibdf2hex.1), [**unibmp2hex**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unibmp2hex.1), [**unibmpbump**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unibmpbump.1), [**unicoverage**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unicoverage.1), [**unidup**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unidup.1), [**unifont**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unifont.5), [**unifont-johab631**(5)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unifont-johab631.5), [**unifont-viewer**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unifont-viewer.1), [**unifont1per**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unifont1per.1), [**unifontchojung**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unifontchojung.1), [**unifontksx**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unifontksx.1), [**unifontpic**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unifontpic.1), [**unigen-hangul**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unigen-hangul.1), [**unigencircles**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unigencircles.1), [**unigenwidth**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unigenwidth.1), [**unihex2bmp**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unihex2bmp.1), [**unihex2png**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unihex2png.1), [**unihexfill**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unihexfill.1), [**unihexgen**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unihexgen.1), [**unihexpose**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unihexpose.1), [**unihexrotate**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unihexrotate.1), [**unijohab2html**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unijohab2html.1), [**unipagecount**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unipagecount.1), [**unipng2hex**(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/font-unifont/unipng2hex.1)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

**bdfimplode** was written by Roman Czyborra.

# [LICENSE](#LICENSE)

**bdfimplode** is Copyright © 1998 Roman Czyborra.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 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](#BUGS)

**bdfimplode** was written to read a BDF file created by the **hex2bdf** script. It will not properly handle other BDF files with differing bounding boxes.

2008 Jul 06

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Document: bdfimplode(1) from font-unifont 17.0.04-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-17.0.04/unifont-17.0.04.tar.gz
