Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format: Difference between revisions

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Version 2.2 added support for non-Western writing. For example, [[glyph]]s in a BDF 2.2 font definition can specify rendering from top-to-bottom rather than simply left-to-right.

A BDF font file contains three sections:

#a global section that applies to all glyphs in a font;

#a section with a separate entry for each glyph; and

#the ENDFONT statement.

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* FAMILY_NAME string—the font family name.

* NOTICE string—a general comment.

* POINT_SIZE integer—See [[Point (typography)]]. If it is not separately specified, [[Em (typography)|EMspace]] = round(POINT_SIZE/10), [[En (typography)|ENspace]] = round(POINT_SIZE/20), and THINspace = round(POINT_SIZE/30).

* RESOLUTION_X positive

* RESOLUTION_Y positive