Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PF2 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PF2 to another file type
To convert PF2 fonts or styles to another format, you need GNU GRUB or other Font software.
Convert a file to PF2
To convert other file formats to the "Screen Font / Camera Preset" file type, you need software like GNU GRUB or a similar tool.
About PF2 files
The .pf2 file extension has two major, distinct uses. Primarily, it is a PC Screen Font (Pixel Font 2) file. This format is widely used by GNU GRUB, the standard Linux bootloader, and terminal emulators like PuTTY. It stores bitmap fonts optimized for pre-OS boot screens or basic terminal displays. The second most common use is a Canon Picture Style file. These files store custom color, contrast, and sharpening presets created by Canon Inc. cameras. Photographers load them directly onto their EOS cameras or use them in Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) during RAW processing. Less common uses include PerfectFlite altimeter data logs for model rocketry and Pinnacle Studio video effects. The main disadvantage of the .pf2 format in both its primary uses is an extreme lack of interoperability. A GRUB .pf2 font is a highly specialized bitmap format that standard operating systems cannot install or use natively. You cannot use it in standard text editors or graphic design software. A Canon .pf2 preset is heavily proprietary and completely unusable in third-party photo editors like Adobe Lightroom or Capture One. Users often seek to convert .pf2 fonts to standard TTF (TrueType) or OTF (OpenType) formats to use them in general applications. However, since .pf2 fonts are typically bitmap-based, converting them to vector-based formats often results in jagged scaling and loss of the pixel-perfect terminal look. For Canon Picture Styles, photographers want to convert them to standard XMP or CUBE LUTs for Lightroom or Premiere Pro. Unfortunately, both file types are notoriously difficult to convert because they rely on proprietary, closed structures. Standard online converters almost always fail to process them, as only specific command-line tools or the original Canon software fully understand the data. Just drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported on convert.guru. Our engine can identify the file format, inspect the file, and show internal metadata. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PF2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PF2 file to TTF, OTF, WOFF, WOFF2, EOT, SVG, BDF, PCF, FNT, FON, PFM or AFM, you can use GNU GRUB or similar software from the "System Font or Camera Preset" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert UFO, WOFF, PFB, GXF, AFM, F3F, SFD, WOFF2, PSF, TTF, TXF or OTF files to PF2, try GNU GRUB or another comparable tool in the "System Font or Camera Preset" category.
The PF2 Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PF2 converter.