PFF2

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'''PFF2''', also called '''PF2''', is a bitmap font format associated with the GNU GRUB bootloader software. It is an [[IFF]]-like format.
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'''PFF2''' is a bitmap font format invented for the GNU GRUB 2 bootloader. It is an [[IFF]]-like format.
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"PFF" stands for "PUPA Font Format"; PUPA was an experimental project which later developed into GRUB 2.
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PFF version 1 was never widely used and was only ever suitable for containing GNU Unifont; it did not support arbitrary font geometries.
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
PFF2 files begin with {{magic|'F' 'I' 'L' 'E' 00 00 00 00 04 'P' 'F' 'F' '2'}}.
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PFF2 files begin with {{magic|"FILE" 00 00 00 04 "PFF2"}}.
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://grub.gibibit.com/New_font_format PFF2 font format]
 
* [http://grub.gibibit.com/New_font_format PFF2 font format]
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* [http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/plain/util/unifont2pff.rb?id=e507a2c14fcad9bcc9ecc862bfd9a3f45d8cd78d PFF version 1 conversion utility]

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File Format
Name PFF2
Ontology
Extension(s) .pf2
Released 2009

PFF2 is a bitmap font format invented for the GNU GRUB 2 bootloader. It is an IFF-like format.

"PFF" stands for "PUPA Font Format"; PUPA was an experimental project which later developed into GRUB 2.

PFF version 1 was never widely used and was only ever suitable for containing GNU Unifont; it did not support arbitrary font geometries.

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PFF2 files begin with "FILE" 00 00 00 04 "PFF2".

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