bdf2x
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Francesco149
pixel-perfect upscale bdf bitmap fonts
pixel-perfect upscales bdf bitmap fonts
rationale
I love the pixel art aesthetics of small bitmap fonts, but they're way too small for a 1080p screen and bigger fonts don't look quite as good, so I figured I'd simply take the small fonts and make every pixel a 2x2 block
for now I've only implemented 2x scaling, and while it's trivial to add 3x, I'm not gonna bother as this was made out of necessity. feel free to PR it though!
usage
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Francesco149/bdf2x/master/bdf2x.c
sudo gcc bdf2x.c -o /usr/bin/bdf2x
# copy your desired font and convert it to bdf
cat /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/ProFont_r400-11.pcf \
| pcf2bdf -o ProFont_r400-11.bdf
bdf2x ProFont_r400-11.bdf > 2xProFont_r400-11.bdf
bdftopcf 2xProFont_r400-11.bdf \
| gzip \
| sudo tee /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/2xProFont_r400-11.pcf.gz \
> /dev/null
sudo mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc
xset fp rehash
# check your font in xfontsel
license
this is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
refer to the attached UNLICENSE or http://unlicense.org/
Francesco149