diff --git a/Tests/test_font_pcf.py b/Tests/test_font_pcf.py
index 569c2e85bb4..01d56dfd3e5 100644
--- a/Tests/test_font_pcf.py
+++ b/Tests/test_font_pcf.py
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ def test_draw(request: pytest.FixtureRequest, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert_image_equal_tofile(im, "Tests/images/test_draw_pbm_target.png")
 
 
+def test_to_imagefont(request: pytest.FixtureRequest, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    with open(fontname, "rb") as test_file:
+        pcffont = PcfFontFile.PcfFontFile(test_file)
+    imgfont = pcffont.to_imagefont()
+    im = Image.new("L", (130, 30), "white")
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(im)
+    draw.text((0, 0), message, "black", font=imgfont)
+    assert_image_equal_tofile(im, "Tests/images/test_draw_pbm_target.png")
+
+
 def test_textsize(request: pytest.FixtureRequest, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     tempname = save_font(request, tmp_path)
     font = ImageFont.load(tempname)
diff --git a/src/PIL/FontFile.py b/src/PIL/FontFile.py
index 1e0c1c166b5..b50385daac6 100644
--- a/src/PIL/FontFile.py
+++ b/src/PIL/FontFile.py
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
 #
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import io
 import os
 from typing import BinaryIO
 
-from . import Image, _binary
+from . import Image, ImageFont, _binary
 
 WIDTH = 800
 
@@ -123,12 +124,33 @@ def save(self, filename: str) -> None:
 
         # font metrics
         with open(os.path.splitext(filename)[0] + ".pil", "wb") as fp:
-            fp.write(b"PILfont\n")
-            fp.write(f";;;;;;{self.ysize};\n".encode("ascii"))  # HACK!!!
-            fp.write(b"DATA\n")
-            for id in range(256):
-                m = self.metrics[id]
-                if not m:
-                    puti16(fp, (0,) * 10)
-                else:
-                    puti16(fp, m[0] + m[1] + m[2])
+            self.save_metrics(fp)
+
+    def save_metrics(self, fp: BinaryIO) -> None:
+        """Save font metrics to a file-like object"""
+        fp.write(b"PILfont\n")
+        fp.write(f";;;;;;{self.ysize};\n".encode("ascii"))  # HACK!!!
+        fp.write(b"DATA\n")
+        for id in range(256):
+            m = self.metrics[id]
+            if not m:
+                puti16(fp, (0,) * 10)
+            else:
+                puti16(fp, m[0] + m[1] + m[2])
+
+    def to_imagefont(self) -> ImageFont.ImageFont:
+        """Convert to ImageFont"""
+
+        self.compile()
+
+        # font data
+        if not self.bitmap:
+            msg = "No bitmap created"
+            raise ValueError(msg)
+
+        buf = io.BytesIO()
+        self.save_metrics(buf)
+        buf.seek(0)
+        imgfont = ImageFont.ImageFont()
+        imgfont._load_pilfont_data(buf, self.bitmap)
+        return imgfont