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.
$ 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
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:
