BDF

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.

Specifications

 * Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format Specification, Version 2.2
 * Bitmap Distribution Format, Version 2.1

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
 * , from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats