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From: greid@adobe.com (Glenn Reid)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: PS program to create font from BDF files available?
Keywords: BDF, fonts, conversion
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Date: 7 Jul 89 21:13:07 GMT
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In article <387@iconsys.UUCP> danny@iconsys.UUCP (Danny Young) writes:
>Are there any public domain postscript programs for creating a font out of
>a BDF (Binary Distribution Format) font description?  If I understand
>correctly, BDF is an Adobe standard, so I expected to find one on the
>adobe archive server, but there isn't one there.

I don't know of such a program.  Since the BDF files are bitmap fonts
at low resolution (intended for screen fonts), they aren't very good
for making into printer fonts.  Also, since these fonts are derived
originally from the high-quality outline PostScript fonts, there isn't
much demand for bitmap versions.

Maybe all you need to do is to revise your driver a little, to use just
FontName from these BDF files, instead of making them into printer
fonts.

Unless, of course, I have misunderstood your request.

Glenn Reid
Adobe Systems