Information about the package, otf2bdf, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The otf2bdf package is designed for, Generate BDF bitmap fonts from OpenType outline fonts.
Package Name:
otf2bdf
Summary:
Generate BDF bitmap fonts from OpenType outline fonts
Description:
otf2bdf is a command line utility that uses the FreeType 2 font rendering library to generate BDF bitmap fonts from OpenType outline fonts at different sizes and resolutions. This program is essentially the same as the ttf2bdf program except that it uses FreeType 2.*, not FreeType 1.*, has some bug fixes, and includes a new command line parameter to print out the available encoding tables in the font.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
23 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the otf2bdf package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install otf2bdf
This command will install otf2bdf on the server.
yum remove otf2bdf
This command will un-install otf2bdf on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove otf2bdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove otf2bdf
This command will un-install otf2bdf on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove otf2bdf when using the -y flag.
yum update otf2bdf
This command will update otf2bdf to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove otf2bdf, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update otf2bdf
This command will update otf2bdf to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove otf2bdf when using the -y flag.
yum info otf2bdf
This command will show you core information about the otf2bdf package.
yum deplist otf2bdf
This command will show you the dependencies for otf2bdf. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update otf2bdf
This command will check if there is an update waiting on otf2bdf. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.