gbdfed Bitmap Font Editor

gbdfed lets you interactively create new bitmap font files or modify existing ones. It allows editing multiple fonts and multiple glyphs, it allows cut and paste operations between fonts and glyphs and editing font properties. The editor works natively with BDF fonts.

gbdfed can import:

gbdfed can export:

gbdfed also supports creating and editing 2, 4, and 8 bits-per-pixel gray scale strikes (bitmap typefaces) that can be embedded in OTF fonts.

gbdfed requires GTK+ 2.6 or later to compile and run. This program has been built and tested briefly on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5. It does not yet compile and run properly on Windows.

Download
Sources:
02 May 2008
gbdfed-1.4.tbz2
gbdfed-1.4.tgz
gbdfed14.zip
Patches:  
Documentation: HTML version not yet available.
Icons: 16x16 PNG icon.
32x32 PNG icon.

48x48 PNG icon.