pbmtext(1)

NAME
pbmtext - render text into a bitmap

SYNOPSIS
pbmtext [-font fontfile] [text]

DESCRIPTION

Takes the specified text, either a single line from the command line or multiple lines from standard input, and renders it into a bitmap.

OPTIONS

By default, pbmtext uses a built-in font. You can also specify your own font with the -font flag. The fontfile is a pbm file, created in a very specific way. In your window system of choice, display the following text in the desired (fixed-width) font:
    M ",/^_[`jpqy| M
    /  !"#$%&'()*+ /
    < ,-./01234567 <
    > 89:;<=>?@ABC >
    @ DEFGHIJKLMNO @
    _ PQRSTUVWXYZ[ _
    { \]^_`abcdefg {
    } hijklmnopqrs }
    ~ tuvwxyz{|}~  ~
    M ",/^_[`jpqy| M
Do a screen grab or window dump of that text, using for instance xwd, xgrabsc, or screendump. Convert the result into a pbm file. If necessary, use pnmcut to remove everything except the text. Finally, run it through pnmcrop to make sure the edges are right up against the text. pbmtext can figure out the sizes and spacings from that.

SEE ALSO
pbm(5), pnmcut(1), pnmcrop(1)

AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.