pbmtochar

SYNOPSIS

     pbmtochar [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION

     Reads a portable bitmap as input.  Produces a character pic-
     ture as output.  This is done by pattern matching a built-in
     fixed width font to the bitmap.  It is assumed that charac-
     ters on the output device are black (true for printers and
     white screen terminals).  If the output is to be displayed
     on a terminal where the characters are brighter than the
     background (most tty terminals) then the input must be
     inversed using pnminvert(1).

BUGS

     The built-in character font may not exactly match the font
     of the output device.

SEE ALSO

     pbm(5), pnminvert(1)

AUTHOR

     Copyright (C) 1989 Diomidis D. Spinellis (dds@cc.ic.ac.uk)

     Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
     software and its documentation for any purpose and without
     fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
     notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
     notice and this permission notice appear in supporting docu-
     mentation.