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'''PCF''' ('''Portable Compiled Format''') is a bitmap font format used by the X Window System. It is more or less a binary version of [[BDF]].
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:''For the image format, see [[PCIF]].''
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'''PCF''' ('''Portable Compiled Format''') is a bitmap font format used by the [[X Window System]]. It is more or less a binary version of [[BDF]].
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
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== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
* [http://fontforge.github.io/pcf-format.html Format for X11 pcf bitmap font files]
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* [https://fontforge.org/docs/techref/pcf-format.html Format for X11 PCF bitmap font files]
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* Appendix D (pgs. 436-450) of [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_X_Window_system_server.html?id=0s5QAAAAYAAJ ''The X Window System Server: X Version 11, Release 5''] by Elias Israel & Erik Fortune, Digital Press, 1992. ISBN 1-55558-096-3
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/pcf2bdf pcf2bdf]
 
* [https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/pcf2bdf pcf2bdf]
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* [http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/bdftopcf/ bdftopcf]
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== Sample files ==
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* http://cd.textfiles.com/x11r6_9503/disk1/Linux/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/
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* {{DexvertSamples|font/pcf}}
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:Portable Compiled Format|Wikipedia article]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Portable Compiled Format|Wikipedia article]]
* [http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.6/doc/man/man1/bdftopcf.1.xhtml bdftopcf man page]
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* [http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.7/doc/man/man1/bdftopcf.1.xhtml bdftopcf man page]
  
 
[[Category:X Window System]]
 
[[Category:X Window System]]

Latest revision as of 15:25, 28 December 2023

File Format
Name PCF
Ontology
Extension(s) .pcf
For the image format, see PCIF.

PCF (Portable Compiled Format) is a bitmap font format used by the X Window System. It is more or less a binary version of BDF.

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Files begin with 0x01 "fcp".

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