PF2 Converter

Extract text from PF2 files

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How to extract text from your PF2 file

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 your PF2 file to another format, you need GRUB or other Font software.

Convert a file to PF2

To convert other file formats to the "Bitmap Font / Camera Settings" file type, you need software like GRUB or a similar tool.

About PF2 files

The .pf2 extension is shared by two distinct but common file formats, creating frequent confusion.

1. PC Screen Font (GRUB/Linux):
Most technically, a .pf2 file is a PC Screen Font 2 (Pixel Font 2) bitmap used by the GRUB 2 bootloader on Linux systems. Unlike scalable TTF or OTF fonts used in Windows or macOS, these are rasterized bitmap fonts optimized for the pre-boot environment.

The Problem: You cannot install these fonts on Windows or macOS, and standard font viewers will report them as corrupt or unrecognized.
The Solution: These files are typically generated from standard fonts using the grub-mkfont utility. To edit or view them, you generally need to convert the source BDF or TTF file instead.

2. Canon Picture Style File:
For photographers, a .pf2 file is a Picture Style preset used by Canon cameras.

The Problem: Users often mistake these for image files and try to convert them to JPG. However, they contain no image data - only settings (contrast, saturation, curve adjustments) to be applied to a RAW photo.
The Solution: To "convert" this, you must apply the file to a CR2 or CR3 raw image using Canon Digital Photo Professional, then export the result as a JPG or TIFF.

3. PerfectFlite Data Log:
Less commonly, this file contains telemetry data from PerfectFlite rocketry altimeters.

The Solution: Use DataCap software to export the flight logs to CSV or XLSX for analysis in Microsoft Excel.

Convert.Guru analyzes your PF2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted TTF, OTF, PF3, WOFF, ISO, WOFF2, ZIP, TXT, JPG and CZI files.

FAQ

If you want to convert PF2 file to TTF, OTF, WOFF, WOFF2, EOT, SVG, BDF, PCF, FNT, FON, PFM or AFM, you can use GRUB or similar software from the "Bootloader Bitmap Font" 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 GRUB or another comparable tool in the "Bootloader Bitmap Font" 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.