Bean wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Unicode characters are split into two sizes, 16x16 and 16x8, and are
> stored in different files, for example:
> 
> f16.pcf.gz
> -efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-160-75-75-c-160-iso10646-1
> 
> h16.pcf.gz
> -efont-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-160-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1
> 
> They can be converted to f16.pf2 and h16.pf2. However, only one font
> can be active at at time. So if we use both full and half width
> characters, some of them is not displayed properly. The pf2 format
> seems to allow different font widths. Perhaps the converter should
> allow multiple input, so that we can merge the two fonts into one pf2
> ?

At least unifont.bdf file contains different size glyphs. I tried with
multiple different glyph formats and it seems to include all glyphs I
have tried. It is supposed that font file itself has every font needed.

If your distribution does not feature unifont you can grab one from here:

http://unifoundry.com/unifont-5.1.20080820.bdf.gz


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