TheDraw font

File Format
Name	TheDraw font
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Fonts TheDraw font
Extension(s)	.tdf
Released	1986

TheDraw font files are used by the text and text-graphic editor TheDraw, used in the BBS era of the '80s and '90s to edit ASCII Art, ANSI Art, and other text-based files. The fonts are used to build large headline characters out of graphical characters such as line drawing characters found in the IBM PC code page.

See also TheDraw Save File.

File identification

Files start with 0x13, then the ASCII string "TheDraw FONTS File".

Sample files

• Calvin
• Hobbes
• http://cd.textfiles.com/thebbsorg/thedraw_fonts/30FTD50/
• BBS Archives: TheDraw Fonts
• dexvert samples — font/theDrawFont

Software

• TheDraw
  • Download page
  • See also TheDraw Save File#Software
• TheDraw (.TDF) Fonts Tool

Links

• Wikipedia article on TheDraw
• TheDraw Fonts File (.TDF) Specifications