diff --git a/scripts/jhf2c.pl b/scripts/jhf2c.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9c8c244f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/jhf2c.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl 
+
+use strict;
+
+my $name;
+while ($name = shift) {
+
+  my $num; 
+
+  my $ch = 32;
+  my @EDG;
+  my @INFO;
+
+  open JHF, "<$name.jhf" or die "cannot open $name.jhf";
+  my $yymax = 0; my $yymin = 0;
+
+  LP: while (read (JHF,$num,5) > 0) {
+    my $n;
+    if (read (JHF,$n,3) < 3) {
+      last LP;
+    }
+    my $starti = @EDG;
+    my $c1; 
+    my $c2;
+    read (JHF,$c1,1);
+    read (JHF,$c2,1);
+    my $x1 = ord ($c1);
+    my $x2 = ord ($c2);
+    my $w = $x2-$x1;
+    my $ymin = 0;
+    my $ymax = 0;
+    my $last = undef;
+    while ($n > 1) {
+      read(JHF,$c1,1);
+      while (ord ($c1) == 13 || ord ($c1) == 10) {
+        read(JHF,$c1,1);
+      }
+      read(JHF,$c2,1);
+      my $x = ord($c1)-$x1;
+      my $y = ord("Z")+1-ord($c2);
+      if ($y < $ymin) { $ymin = $y }
+      if ($y > $ymax) { $ymax = $y }
+      if ($c1 eq " ") {
+        $last = undef;
+      } else {
+        if (defined($last)) {
+          push @EDG, "$last, $x, $y";
+        }
+        $last = "$x, $y";
+      }
+      $n--;
+    }
+    my $endi = @EDG;
+    push @INFO, [ $starti, $endi, $w, $ymin, $ymax ];
+    read(JHF,$c1,1);
+    if (ord ($c1) == 13) {
+      read(JHF,$c1,1);
+    }
+
+    if ($ymin < $yymin) { $yymin = $ymin }
+    if ($ymax > $yymax) { $yymax = $ymax }
+
+    $ch++;
+  }
+
+  close JHF;
+
+  print "short ${name}_edges [][4] = {\n    { ", join(" },\n    { ", @EDG), " }\n};\n\n";
+
+  print "HersheyCharInfo ${name}_info [] = {\n    HersheyCharInfo (";
+  my @INFOS = map { join (", ", @$_) } @INFO;
+  print join ("),\n    HersheyCharInfo (", @INFOS);
+  print ")\n};\n";
+
+  print "\nstatic HersheyFont $name (${name}_edges, ${name}_info, 32, ",$ch,", ", $yymax, ", ", $yymin, ");\n\n";
+  
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/mk_hershey_fonts.sh b/scripts/mk_hershey_fonts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e3cebba28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mk_hershey_fonts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+inst_dir=$(dirname $(which $0))
+
+fonts=(rowmant timesr timesi futural futuram gothiceng rowmand)
+
+for font in ${fonts[@]}; do
+
+  svn cat https://github.com/kamalmostafa/hershey-fonts.git/trunk/hershey-fonts/$font.jhf >$font.jhf
+  $inst_dir/jhf2c.pl $font
+  rm $font.jhf
+
+done
+
diff --git a/src/db/db/fonts.cc_gen b/src/db/db/fonts.cc_gen
index aec97be44..34590166c 100644
--- a/src/db/db/fonts.cc_gen
+++ b/src/db/db/fonts.cc_gen
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@ HersheyCharInfo rowmant_info [] = {
     HersheyCharInfo (1030, 1070, 23, 0, 21),
     HersheyCharInfo (1070, 1097, 24, 0, 21),
     HersheyCharInfo (1097, 1110, 12, 0, 21),
-    HersheyCharInfo (1110, 1137, 0, 0, 21),
+    HersheyCharInfo (1110, 1137, 16, 0, 21),
     HersheyCharInfo (1137, 1160, 22, 0, 21),
     HersheyCharInfo (1160, 1178, 18, 0, 21),
     HersheyCharInfo (1178, 1199, 26, 0, 21),