Input file
BDF
- Full Name: Bdiff Bupdate Binary Update Format
- Developer: Adobe Systems
Output file
TTF
- Full Name: TrueType Font Format
- Developer: Apple
What is BDF file?
The BDF (Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format) file extension is a plain text type format used for storing font data. It was originally created by Adobe Systems in 1985 for the bitmap distribution of PC fonts on the X Window System. In addition, BDF files are mainly used by various types of software programs including desktop publishing software, HTML authoring tools, and bitmap viewers. [ ⏩ ] BDF file extension
What is TTF file?
The TTF ( .TTF ) file extension is a TrueType Font file type developed for storing fonts on computers using the Microsoft Windows and Mac operating systems. TrueType Font is a digital font technology that was designed by Apple and Microsoft to provide graphics and text displays on digital devices. Its Advantages The TTF file extension provides cross-platform compatibility between Microsoft Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. [ ⏩ ] TTF file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from BDF to TTF?
To successfully convert the BDF file to TTF, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.BDF). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case TTF (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than TTF).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. BDF to TTF. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting BDF files to TTF files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension TTF, while before this step we had the BDF file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new TTF file, or not.