# Convert .pcf fonts to .ttf (OSX)
###### tags: `fonts` `osx`

**Note**: if your font is a .bdf file you can skip installing pcf2bdf!

0. Find your nice looking font (usually a terminal one)
1. Install the latest release of pcf2bdf as a .zip file from [here](https://github.com/ganaware/pcf2bdf/releases)
2. Unzip your pcf2bdf .zip file
3. Open up your terminal and navigate to the folder pcf2bdf is located in (e.g. `cd Downloads/pcf2bdf-1.06/`)
4. Inside the pcf folder, run `make -f Makefile.gcc install`
This creates a pcf2bdf executable file in that folder.
6. In the terminal, at the folder where your executable is located, run `pcf2bdf -o outputtedfontfile.bdf yourfontfile.pcf`
The outputtedfontfile.bdf file will be created once run
7. Install [Bits'N'Picas](https://github.com/kreativekorp/bitsnpicas) (in Releases, install `BitsNPicas.jar`)
8. Back in the terminal, in the BitsNPicas.jar parent directory, run `java -jar BitsNPicas.jar convertbitmap -f ttf newlycreatedfont.ttf fonttobeconverted.bdf`
9. Voila! Do whatever you want with your new .ttf font.