How to install bitmapped *.fon and *.bdf fonts on Lion? I want to install some rare bitmapped1 fonts on a Lion2 system.  I have not been able to find these fonts in formats that Font Book will immediately recognize.  I would like to know if there's a way to convert or re-package these fonts in such a way that Font Book will accept.

One of the fonts ("pcsansi") is a single file with extension fon.

The other one ("Terminus") consists of multiple files with extension bdf.

(FWIW, at least one of these fonts, Terminus, is a  font, but for all I know both of them are.)

Is there a way to do what I'm trying to do?

PS: I am particularly keen on installing Terminus.  Of the two fonts, it is the only one for which I was able to find any documentation at all.  (See link above.)  In fact, it comes with a ./configure + make + make install installation procedure, but the latter step only gzips and relocates a set of *.psf and *.pcf files generated from the *.bdf files during the make step.



1 Yes, I am aware of the fact that not many people like bitmapped fonts.  I still want to install these fonts.
2 This is the latest OS X version that will run on the hardware.
You may want to try FontLab Studio. My brother used it a few years ago when he needed to design fonts for use on Mac &amp; Windows machines. Website claims it can open .bdf files, but no mention of .fon files.