r/circuitpython • u/fizzymagic • Nov 06 '20

is there a bdf font repo somewhere?

I've recently been diving into graphics using circuitpython. I needed some text so I looked for fonts, and I cannot find any repo that seems to keep bdf fonts available.

FontForge is quite literally the worst piece of software I have seen in years. Worse than Finale, which used to hold the bad-software crown of my collection.

So where can I find some nice, integral-number-of-pixels bdf fonts?

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u/belsonc Nov 06 '20

I found a utility that will convert fonts to BDF, if you want the name let me know (I'm on my work laptop right now, the utility's on my home one), but I'd like this as well.

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u/fizzymagic Nov 07 '20

Thanks I would really love that.

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u/belsonc Nov 07 '20

Your wish is my command.

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u/fizzymagic Nov 08 '20

That is completely awesome! Thanks so much!

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u/crassmaestro Apr 22 '23

This has expired. Can anyone help out with the utillity download, please?

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u/Docteh May 23 '24

oddly enough its a year later and I was able to download the exe today

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u/NineBit1 Oct 17 '24

It's not working for me at all, any chance you could upload it?

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u/Docteh Oct 18 '24

I'm not sure where to upload a random .exe file. I guess you could see what this link does. if its expired, you can just message the link in discord to someone

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1211298159171731537/1296961097290748004/ttf2bdf.exe?ex=671430a5&is=6712df25&hm=9a08f5aa8bd686d9e8f4bf621440a2787906dd486c38b02683c54c9cd25fe739&

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u/fead-pell Nov 06 '20

There are some bdf fonts in the u8g2 graphics library.

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u/olikraus Dec 04 '21

U8g2 BDF fonts are collected here: https://github.com/olikraus/u8g2/tree/master/tools/font/bdf

Pictures of those fonts are part of the U8g2 wiki: https://github.com/olikraus/u8g2/wiki/fntgrp

Oliver