a collection of bitmaps with additional information (for example, character spacing) that defines how the bitmaps are to be used

a pattern of dots that closely resembles a character shape in a given typeface, point size, rotation, and resolution

A font which is made up of pixels (or square dots). Bitmap fonts typically work in tandem with outline fonts, with bitmap fonts being used on the screen, and connected outline fonts automatically used in the printer. Also known as a ‘screen font’.

This is a font where each character is stored as a bitmap graphic. These fonts are not easy to scale to different sizes.

The dot-by-dot representation of a font. Bitmap fonts are displayed on computer screens and printed on dot matrix printers. See outline font.

A bitmap font is one that stores each glyph as an array of pixels (that is, a bitmap). It is less commonly known as a raster font.