[comp.windows.x] Bitmap Font Editor

totty@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Totty) (09/07/90)

	Some students are going to try to write an X bitmap font editor for
	me as a class project for a software engineering class.  I am trying
	to sketch out a spec for them and wanted to ask some questions.

		(1) Are there X bitmap font editors available?
		(2) What features will be needed?
		(3) Is the software available to read/write BDF files?
		(4) Any advice?

	I have personally written a window system based font editor before,
	so I have a pretty good idea of what will be involved.  My current
	idea is for the students to use a PixelEditor widget I wrote as
	a building block for their program.  Please let me know if you have
	any ideas, suggestions, warnings, encouragement, etc.


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