.BDF File Extension

ASCII-based font format used on both Macintosh and Windows systems; stores Adobe screen fonts as human-readable data; must be placed in the system Fonts folder in order to be recognized by applications.

BDF files are referenced by programs that access system fonts.

Binary data format readable by forensic data analysis programs; used for identifying raw data recovered from blocks of unallocated space on a hard drive.

BDF files are recognized by E-mail Detective, a forensic software program that can extract text and images from AOL email files.

Disk image format used by ESO-MIDAS ( European Southern Observatory-Munich Image Data Analysis System) software; used primarily for storing astronomy data, such as stellar and surface photometry.

Can be read and analyzed on Unix and Open VMS systems using ESO-MIDAS software.