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The '''Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format''' (BDF) by [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] is a file format for storing [[bitmap font]]s. The content takes the form of a text file intended to be human- and computer-readable. BDF is typically used in [[Unix]] [[X Window]] environments. It has largely been replaced by the [[Portable Compiled Format|PCF]] font format which is somewhat more efficient, and by scalable fonts such as [[OpentypeOpenType]] and [[TruetypeTrueType]] fonts.

==Overview==

{{As of | 2013}} the current version of BDF is 2.2. No future revisions are anticipated. Earlier versions were referred to as the Character Bitmap Distribution Format.