Add FontFile.to_imagefont() by fjhenigman · Pull Request #9419 · python-pillow/Pillow

fjhenigman · 2026-02-05T15:46:00Z

Following up #9417.
This makes it possible for applications to directly use pcf and bdf font files, instead of going through a conversion step that creates new files.
A little refactoring in ImageFont so that metrics can be passed directly might make this cleaner.
If that makes sense let me know and I can update this PR.

Tests/test_font_pcf.py

radarhere · 2026-02-10T10:19:16Z

I've created fjhenigman#1 with some suggestions.

Remove temporary buffer

fjhenigman · 2026-02-12T18:55:43Z

thanks, I merged those in.
let me know if there's anything else I can do.

Updated documentation

fjhenigman · 2026-02-24T00:40:11Z

Sorry for not knowing how this works...
Do I need to do something? Thanks.

radarhere · 2026-02-24T00:54:31Z

No problem. No, you don't need to do anything. As far as I'm concerned, this is ready to be merged. I'd just like to give one of the other core team members a chance to look it over.

Our next release is on April 1, so I don't think it makes a difference when this is merged between now and then.

docs/reference/ImageFont.rst

src/PIL/FontFile.py

Tests/test_font_pcf.py

src/PIL/FontFile.py

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