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What is a .bdf file?

application/x-font-bdf

BDF (Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format) is a plain-text format for bitmap fonts from the X11 world. Each glyph is described by a small grid of pixels given as hex rows, along with metrics and encoding. It is human-readable and was the standard way to ship fixed-size screen fonts before scalable outlines.

How to use a .bdf file

Use an example BDF file to test bitmap-font parsers and converters (for example BDF to PCF, TTF, or a sprite sheet), and retro or embedded rendering pipelines.

Convert a .bdf file to another format

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