BDF

File Format
Name	BDF
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Fonts BDF
Extension(s)	.bdf

Overview

The BDF format is a text-based distribution format developed by Adobe for bitmap font data. Version 2.1 of it is used extensively in the X Window System. The most recent version is 2.2 which adds support for non-western character glyphs.

Resources

• Wikipedia page for BDF
• BDF File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Adobe's specs here