* src/bdf/README: Updated.

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Adobe Specification V 2.2. The specification of the BDF font format is
available from Adobe's web site:
https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/5005.BDF_Spec.pdf
https://adobe-type-tools.github.io/font-tech-notes/pdfs/5005.BDF_Spec.pdf
Many good bitmap fonts in bdf format come with XFree86 (www.XFree86.org).
They do not define vertical metrics, because the X Consortium BDF
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Encodings
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[This section is out of date, retained for historical reasons. BDF
properties can be retrieved with `FT_Get_BDF_Property`, character set ID
values with `FT_Get_BDF_Charset_ID`.]
The variety of encodings that accompanies bdf fonts appears to encompass the
small set defined in freetype.h. On the other hand, two properties that
specify encoding and registry are usually defined in bdf fonts.