BDF
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Overview
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.
Resources
- Wikipedia page for BDF
- BDF File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
- Adobe's specs here