BDF
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[[BDF]] ('''Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format''') is a text-based bitmap font format developed by Adobe. 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. | [[BDF]] ('''Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format''') is a text-based bitmap font format developed by Adobe. 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. | ||
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Revision as of 02:23, 18 December 2014
BDF (Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format) is a text-based bitmap font format developed by Adobe. 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.See also PCF.
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Specifications
Software
- Chortkeh BDF Font Viewer (Windows binary)
Sample files
- http://aspell.net/charsets/
- http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/unicode/
- http://cd.textfiles.com/currentsw199407/window/font/ - Some of the files contain BDF fonts, for example bruges.zip → BRUGES.12
Links
- Wikipedia page for BDF
- BDF File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
