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# parse-bmfont-binary
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Encodes a BMFont from a binary Buffer into JSON, as per the [BMFont Spec](http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/doc/file_format.html). Can be used in Node or the browser (e.g. with browserify).
```js
var parse = require('parse-bmfont-binary')
fs.readFile('fonts/Lato.bin', function(err, data) {
if (err) throw err
var font = parse(data)
//do something with your font
console.log(font.info.face)
console.log(font.info.size)
console.log(font.common.lineHeight)
console.log(font.chars)
console.log(font.kernings)
})
```
## See Also
See [text-modules](https://github.com/mattdesl/text-modules) for related modules.
## Usage
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-bmfont-binary)
#### `font = parse(buffer)`
Reads a binary BMFont Buffer and returns a new JSON representation of that font. See [here](https://github.com/mattdesl/bmfont2json/wiki/JsonSpec) for details on the return format.
## License
MIT, see [LICENSE.md](http://github.com/Jam3/parse-bmfont-binary/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for details.