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From: ken@csis.dit.csiro.au (Ken Yap)
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Subject: Re: How to get from bdf to pbm? (X11 font in TeX)
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Date: 27 Nov 90 22:49:28 GMT
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>	Hi.  I've got an X11 font, in bdf and snf format, which I'd like
>to convert for use in TeX.  Does anybody know of a fairly painless way
>to go about this?  If I can get to pbm format, things look good.  Any
>ideas?

There is (was?) a bdftogf converter in the X11R3 contrib tools, which I
think should be in expo.lcs.mit.edu:oldcontrib.

How big is your bdf font? That is, how many rows and columns of dots?
If it's for a screen, it will look miniscule on a laser printer.