BDF

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

The BDF format is a text-based distribution format developed by Adobe for bitmap font data. 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.

Sample files

• http://cd.textfiles.com/currentsw199407/window/font/ - Some of the files contain BDF fonts, for example bruges.zip → BRUGES.12

Resources

• Wikipedia page for BDF
• BDF File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Adobe's specs here