libnetpbm_font \- Libnetpbm PBM Font Function Manual

       This  reference  manual  covers  functions  in  the  libnetpbm  library  for accessing fonts to draw text
       characters, using the PBM image format and the libnetpbm in-memory image formats.

       We actually have very little information here; this is mainly a framework for adding documentation  later
       if someone becomes interested in this facility.

       Note  that  the  primary  known  user  of  this  library is the Netpbm program pbmtext.  You can use that
       program's source code as an example.

       This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The  master  documentation
       is at

              http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/libnetpbm_font.html

netpbm documentation                               April 2018              LibnetpbmPBMFontFunctionManual(3)

libnetpbm represents a font with an object of type structfont.  The library provides functions to create
       these objects.

       The object these functions create is in newly allocated memory and  you  can't  actually  free  it.   The
       memory  may  be  in  multiple pieces, pointing to each other, and libnetpbm provides no destroy function.
       (This is only because of implementation laziness).

       libnetpbm_font \- Libnetpbm PBM Font Function Manual

       The functions are all declared in the pbmfont.h header file.

   pbm_defaultfontSynopsis

           struct font *
           pbm_defaultfont(const char * which);

       Description

       This returns a font object representing a font built in to libnetpbm.

       which is the name of the desired built-in font.  There are two:

       bdf

              A proportional font similar to Adobe's timR12 font

       fixed

              A fixed space font

              Copyright

       The provenance of the built-in fonts are not known for sure,  but  in  2018,  the  bdf  font  was  almost
       identical  to  a font on which Adobe and Digital Equipment Corporation once claimed copyright.  That font
       was available in the X.org source code  in  a  collection  named  'font-adobe-75dpi',  in  a  file  named
       timR12.pcf.gz.

       Ergo, it is likely that the font was copied into Netpbm from that font in 1991.

       You  may  need  a  copyright license from the copyright owners of that original font not only to copy the
       libnetpbm code, but to execute it, thus generating copies of the glyphs of the font.

       The X.org files in 2018 indicate the following copyright claims, along with a license to  the  public  to
       copy them:

                Copyright 1984-1989, 1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
                Copyright 1988, 1994 Digital Equipment Corporation.

                Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software
                and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
                granted, provided that the above copyright notices appear in all
                copies and that both those copyright notices and this permission
                notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of
                Adobe Systems and Digital Equipment Corporation not be used in
                advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
                without specific, written prior permission.  Adobe Systems and
                Digital Equipment Corporation make no representations about the
                suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided 'as
                is' without express or implied warranty.

   pbm_dissectfontpbm_loadfont
       This function returns a font object for a font described in a file.  The file may be either a special PBM
       file  or  a  BDF  file.   The  function  determines  which it is and behaves as either pbm_loadpbmfont or
       pbm_loadbdffont accordingly.

   pbm_loadpbmfontpbm_loadbdffont2pbm_loadbdffont
       This is obsolete.  New programs should use pbm_loadbdffont2 instead.

   pbm_expandbdffontpbm_dumpfont