A library for manipulating '.bdf' format fonts.
Project description
BdfFont
BdfFont is a library for manipulating .bdf
format fonts, written in Python.
Installation
pip install bdffont
Usage
import os
import bdffont
from bdffont import BdfGlyph
from examples import assets_dir, outputs_dir
def main():
font = bdffont.load_bdf(os.path.join(assets_dir, 'example.bdf'))
font.properties.font_version = '1.0.0'
font.properties.font_ascent = 7
font.properties.font_descent = 2
font.properties.x_height = 5
font.properties.cap_height = 7
font.add_glyph(BdfGlyph(
name='A',
code_point=ord('A'),
scalable_width=(500, 0),
device_width=(8, 0),
bounding_box=(8, 16, 0, -2),
bitmap=[
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
],
))
font.save(os.path.join(outputs_dir, 'example-output.bdf'))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
References
- X11 - Bitmap Distribution Format - Version 2.1
- Adobe - Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) Specification - Version 2.2
License
Under the MIT license.
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