XFonts

Pointers

• PixelFonts
• NexusFont

List fonts

    xlsfonts -fn nexus
    xlsfonts -fn '*x*'

    # point and click selection of X11 font names
    xfontsel

    # create an index of X font files in a directory
    mkfontdir

View a font

    xfd -fn nexus

Adding fonts

    xset fp+ /usr/local/share/emacs/fonts
    xset fp rehash

Editing fonts

• xmbdfed - a motif-baded bdf font editor
• xfed - program for editing bdf fonts
• fontforge - http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/index.html

Conversion

• fondu = convert from a bdf, pfb, ttf, or otf font to a mac font
• bdftopcf = convert bdf fonts to pcf fonts (backward)
• pcf2bdf - convert pcf fonts to bdf format

Creating italics from fonts

• mkitalic - bsd
• bdfslant - debian