SFD to PSD Converter

Export FontForge fonts as Photoshop-ready PSD images online

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Adobe Ecosystem

PSD output integrates directly with Photoshop and the entire Adobe Creative Cloud — ideal for designers who need SFD font renderings in their workflow.

Font to Design Asset

Transform your SFD font project into a PSD file that designers can refine, composite, and use in mockups and presentations.

Online Rendering

No Photoshop or FontForge required for conversion. Convertio renders your SFD to PSD on cloud servers accessible from any browser.

How to convert SFD to PSD

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose psd or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your psd file right afterwards

About formats

SFD (SplineFont Database) is the native source file format of FontForge, the free and open-source font editor originally created by George Williams in 2000 under the name PfaEdit. The format stores a complete font project — glyph outlines (cubic and quadratic splines), advance widths, side bearings, hinting instructions, kerning and OpenType feature tables, naming records, and metadata — in a single human-readable text file. Each glyph is described by its Unicode code point, outline coordinates, reference composites, and anchors, making the entire font design inspectable and diffable with standard text tools. SFD functions as the editable working format during font development, from which finished fonts are compiled to binary formats like OTF, TTF, or WOFF. A primary advantage is version control friendliness — because SFD is plain text, font designers can track changes to individual glyphs, merge contributions from collaborators, and maintain full revision history using Git or any other VCS. The format's completeness is another strength: it preserves every piece of data that FontForge can represent, including TrueType instructions, contextual substitution lookups, and multiple master axes, avoiding round-trip data loss during editing. The SFD specification is publicly documented and has evolved through several versions. FontForge's widespread adoption in the open-source type design community means SFD serves as the source format for hundreds of freely licensed font families distributed worldwide.
Developer: George Williams
Initial release: November 7, 2000
PSD (Photoshop Document) is the native file format of Adobe Photoshop, the industry-standard raster image editor first released on February 19, 1990. PSD files preserve the complete editing state of a Photoshop project: all layers (raster, text, adjustment, shape, and smart object layers) with their positions, blending modes, opacity, and layer effects; layer masks and vector masks; alpha channels; spot color channels; paths; guides; slices; and the full undo history. The format supports images up to 30,000 x 30,000 pixels (PSB, the large document format, extends this to 300,000 x 300,000) in color modes including RGB, CMYK, Lab, Grayscale, Indexed, Duotone, and Multichannel, at 1, 8, 16, or 32 bits per channel. PSD files use a combination of RLE compression for individual layer data and store composite (flattened) preview images for quick display by applications that cannot parse the full layer structure. The format has become a de facto standard for professional creative workflows far beyond Photoshop itself — photographers, graphic designers, web developers, and video post-production artists exchange PSD files as the working format that preserves creative flexibility. One advantage is the non-destructive editing model: PSD preserves every layer, mask, adjustment, and effect as independently editable elements, allowing creative decisions to be revised at any point without starting over. The format's role as the interchange standard for the creative industry provides another core strength — PSD files can be opened by Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro, as well as Affinity Photo, GIMP, Sketch, Figma, and Photopea, making it the lingua franca of visual design.
Developer: Adobe Systems
Initial release: February 19, 1990

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert SFD to PSD?

PSD is the native Adobe Photoshop format. Convert SFD to PSD to get font renderings into Photoshop for compositing, retouching, and design work.

How do I open a PSD file?

PSD opens natively in Photoshop. Alternatives include GIMP, Affinity Photo, and Photopea — all can read and edit PSD layer data.

Does the PSD include layers?

The conversion produces a rasterized rendering of your font glyphs. For layered editing, open the PSD in Photoshop and separate elements as needed.

Can I use PSD in other Adobe apps?

Yes, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, and Premiere all import PSD files — making it easy to integrate font specimen images across Adobe tools.

Is the conversion free?

Convertio converts SFD to PSD for free online — no Adobe subscription or FontForge installation needed.