ttf2cp437

Converts a .ttf file into a square Codepage 437 font atlas. Especially handy for converting fonts from The Oldschool PC Font Resource to images for use in roguelikes.

Usage

$ ttf2cp437 --help
ttf2cp437 1.0.0
Kenton Hamaluik <kenton@hamaluik.ca>
Converts a `.ttf` file into a square Codepage 437 font atlas.

USAGE:
    ttf2cp437 <FONT> <HEIGHT> [SCALE]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

ARGS:
    <FONT>      the path to a .ttf font file to process
    <HEIGHT>    the height (in px) for each glyph
    <SCALE>     an optional real number scale to apply to the resulting glyph set

Example

ttf2cp437 Px437_ATI_8x8.ttf 8 2

Will open the Px437_ATI_8x8.ttf file from The Oldschool PC Font Resource and render its glyphs with a height of 8 and a scale of 2. The resulting image will be 256x256 pixels, will be named Px437_ATI_8x8_2x.png, and will produce: