Another way is to use the netpbm toolkit. First, use its ppmdraw command to rasterize each character to a canvas, then convert that canvas to xpm format (you have a separate canvas / picture for each character). The xpm format has the nice property that it is also a valid C structure. Real easy to then convert to whatever you want.
Oh, and the netpbm toolkit has not only stand alone binaries, but it also has a C library for each of the conversions that it includes. Seems to be an older under-rated toolkit.
Oh, and the netpbm toolkit has not only stand alone binaries, but it also has a C library for each of the conversions that it includes. Seems to be an older under-rated toolkit.