BDF

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	* http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/unicode/		* http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/unicode/
	* http://cd.textfiles.com/currentsw199407/window/font/ - Some of the files contain BDF fonts, for example [http://cd.textfiles.com/currentsw199407/window/font/bruges.zip bruges.zip] → BRUGES.12		* http://cd.textfiles.com/currentsw199407/window/font/ - Some of the files contain BDF fonts, for example [http://cd.textfiles.com/currentsw199407/window/font/bruges.zip bruges.zip] → BRUGES.12
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	== Links ==		== Links ==

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File Format
Name	BDF
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Fonts BDF
Extension(s)	.bdf, others

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.

Contents 1 Specifications 2 Software 3 Sample files 4 Links

[edit] Specifications

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

[edit] Software

• Chortkeh BDF Font Viewer (Windows binary)

[edit] 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
• dexvert samples — font/bdf

[edit] Links

• Wikipedia page for BDF
• BDF File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats