> cbmfont
cbmfont
v0.1

cbmfont is a linux32 elf32 c99 application

cbmfont can do multiple things with cbm amiga pixel fonts, including
-crafting a preview image
-dumping the font gfx to an image file
-lint reporting about the font, with warning & errors
-font files decoding, reporting about diskfont file structure
-prints infos about a fontfile as a single line summary 

cbmfont can only handle pixel fonts b&w, grayscale or coloured.
vector font .otag file can't be loaded with it.


download: cbmfont [#0] ~102kB linux ELF32 exe i386


       0. cbmfont





cbmfont [--help][--version][-v][-r DIR][-l][-g][-c][-d][-s][-p][--cmap [FILENAME]] FILE 
   --help help
--version 
       -v print info while doing 
   -r DIR destination directory
       -l report lint 
       -g report about glyphs 
       -c report about file chunks 
       -d draw glyphs on the command line 
       -s craft an image with any glyphs found in font 
       -p craft a preview image 
     --fg rgba color as 0xRRGGBBAA
     --bg rgba color as 0xRRGGBBAA
     --cmap  load .cmap palette filename with path

     FILE .font cbm font file.lint
option -l

💻==========================================
Prime.font
==========================================
fontdrawer found:Prime  ✔ found
lint: 2 entries found !=  3 .font fileentries 
dotfontfile requested fc_FontDimFileName:9  ✔ found
dotfontfile requested fc_FontDimFileName:8  ✔ found
dotfontfile requested fc_FontDimFileName:11  ✘ not found

💻


💻==========================================
garamond.font
==========================================
fontdrawer found:garamond  ✔ found
lint: 0 entries found !=  3 .font fileentries 
dotfontfile requested fc_FontDimFileName:23  ✘ not found
dotfontfile requested fc_FontDimFileName:32  ✘ not found
dotfontfile requested fc_FontDimFileName:64  ✘ not found

💻


to report about multiple files:
💻for FILE in *.font; do cbmfont -l "$FILE" ;done💻






print info while doing things
option -v

short font summary str
option -t

prints a single line summary per fontfile, as:
💻Mcoop.font cbm font, 6 entries:
Mcoop.font #0, 60, YSize: 60, not found 
Mcoop.font #1, 44, YSize: 44, not found 
Mcoop.font #2, 39, YSize: 39, not found 
Mcoop.font #3, 30, YSize: 30, Style:NORMAL      , Flags:TALLDOT     
PROPORTIONAL DESIGNED      , 
Mcoop.font #4, 21, YSize: 21, Style:NORMAL      , Flags:TALLDOT     
PROPORTIONAL DESIGNED      , 
Mcoop.font #5, 17, YSize: 17, Style:NORMAL      , Flags:DISKFONT    
TALLDOT      PROPORTIONAL DESIGNED      , 💻


to report about multiple files bash could be used:
💻 for FILE in *.font; do cbmfont -t "$FILE" ;done💻





changelog
20240402 
-multiple small fixes
-handle subdirectories better
-preview also if some files are missing

20231023 
-draw with other colors, also .cmap palette files
cli interface with --fg  --bg  --cmap

-option to return a short single line summary about the font,
cli interface with -t

20231014-23 improved many things
-load most fonts,
-report about probable palette errors
-inject palette in existing font file -function only, no cli interface
-fallback to uppercase if lowercase glyph absent
-report if other files are found in the font drawer

20220126 can do previews





links
Amiga bitmap font reader/viewer for Windows and Linux (written in C). by
mrmcsoftware
afont.c [#0]


python tools to read amiga bitmap font files, also convert to ttf. by
smugpie
here [#1]



R package AmigaFFH has ways to use mono fonts:
here [#2]
       0.
https://gist.github.com/mrmcsoftware/d3256f1dd7cf80b73f80753fc181c9a0
       1. https://github.com/smugpie/amiga-bitmap-font-tools
       2.
https://pepijn-devries.github.io/AmigaFFH/reference/AmigaBitmapFont.html