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Convert FACE to PNG

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Is it possible to convert FACE to PNG?
Yes - FACE converts to PNG.

Open the .face in XnView and Export as PNG, or via netpbm: fstopgm face.face | pnmtopng > face.png. PNG is the best lossless modern target for this grayscale image.

Also to PNG: QOI · APM · PBM

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Last verified Sep 2026

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How to convert FACE to PNG

Converting a .FACE file to .PNG lets you open the content in software that prefers the .PNG format, though some details may change compared with the original. We are still putting together the list of programs that handle .FACE files.

A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.

About these formats

.FACE Usenix FaceSaver Bitmap Image

A FACE file is a Usenix FaceSaver image - a small grayscale facial portrait from the 1980s Unix era, stored as plain ASCII text with hex-encoded pixel data. Open it with the free XnView…

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.PNG Portable Network Graphics

A PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless raster image format. Every modern OS, browser, and image app opens PNGs natively - just double-click. The most common questions are not about…

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