---
name: "PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-pdf-builder"
version: "3.028-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont"
---

# PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont(3pm)

Module for using bitmapped Fonts Inherits from PDF::Builder::Resource::Font

## NAME

PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont - Module for using bitmapped Fonts

Inherits from PDF::Builder::Resource::Font

## SYNOPSIS

```
    #
    use PDF::Builder;
    #
    $pdf = PDF::Builder->new();
    $sft = $pdf->bdfont($file);
    #
```

This creates a bitmapped font from a .bdf (bitmap distribution font) file. The default is to use square elements, and the style can be changed to use filled dots (looking more like a dot-matrix printer). The font will be  embedded in the PDF file.

Bitmapped fonts are quite rough, low resolution, and difficult to read, so  unless you're a sadist who wants to force readers back to the good old days of  dot-matrix printers and bitmapped X terminals, try to limit the use of such a font to decorative or novelty effects, such as chapter titles and major  headings. Have mercy on your readers and use a real font (TrueType, etc.)  for body text!

## METHODS

### new

```
    $font = PDF::Builder::Resource::Font::BdFont->new($pdf, $font, %opts)
```

Returns a BmpFont object.

Valid options (%opts) are:

- *style*

  A value of '**block**' (the default) assembles a character from contiguous square blocks. A value of '**dot**' assembles a character from  overlapping filled circles, in the style of a dot matrix printer.

## AUTHOR

Alfred Reibenschuh, extensively rewritten by Phil Perry