1 /MINBOX
/MINBOX
/NOMINBOX
On VAX only, specifies that the compiler produce the minimum
bounding box for each character in the font and adjust values
for the left bearing, right bearing, ascent, and descent of
each character accordingly. Character width is not affected.
Specifying the /MINBOX qualifier is equivalent to converting a
fixed font to a monospaced font.
Using the /MINBBOX qualifier has two advantages. Because the font
compiler produces minimum instead of fixed bounding boxes, the
resulting SNF file is significantly smaller than the comparable
fixed font SNF file. Consequently, both disk requirements for
storing the font and server memory requirements when a client
loads the font are reduced. Also, because the resulting font
comprises minimum inkable characters, server performance when
writing text is increased as much as 20 percent.
2 /OUTPUT
/OUTPUT[=filename]
/NOOUTPUT
Specifies the file name and type of the resulting PCF (Alpha) or
SNF (VAX) file. The default output file name is the file name of
the BDF file being converted. The default output PCF file type is
.PCF. The default output SNF file type is .DECW$FONT.
Compiler output consists of a header file that contains font
information, character metrics, amd the image of each character
in the font.
3 /REPORT
/REPORT
/NOREPORT
On VAX only, directs the compiler to report information about
the font and the conversion process, including BDF information,
font properties, compiler generation information, and metrics.
The /REPORT qualifier also causes the compiler to illustrate each
glyph in the font.