From 91f19a3f41e80c4ab434a07636edb90912ef7556 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: V3n3RiX Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 23:28:41 +0100 Subject: gentoo auto-resync : 06:04:2023 - 23:28:41 --- media-fonts/bdf2sfd/metadata.xml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 media-fonts/bdf2sfd/metadata.xml (limited to 'media-fonts/bdf2sfd/metadata.xml') diff --git a/media-fonts/bdf2sfd/metadata.xml b/media-fonts/bdf2sfd/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..53a51b699913 --- /dev/null +++ b/media-fonts/bdf2sfd/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ + + + + + + xgqt@gentoo.org + Maciej Barć + + + bdf2sfd is a BDF to SFD converter, allowing to vectorize bitmap fonts. It + works by converting each pixel of a glyph to a polygon, which produces + large and unoptimized SFD files that should be post-processed using + FontForge. There are several reasons why it might be desirable to convert + bitmap fonts to OpenType or TrueType versions. This allow for example to + use them as Web fonts, or simply to keep using them in some terminal + emulators, since Pango 1.44 dropped support for bitmap fonts. It was + originally created to generate OpenType versions of Spleen, and is released + in the hope it can be useful to convert other fonts as well. + + + https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fcambus/bdf2sfd/master/ChangeLog + https://github.com/fcambus/bdf2sfd/issues + fcambus/bdf2sfd + + -- cgit v1.2.3