A magnetic spectrograph with photographic detection has been used to analyse the spectra of charged particles emitted from the bombardment of a thin teflon target by 8.9 MeV deuterons. Angular distribution measurements are also reported for several proton and deuteron groups produced in this bombardment.Two inelastically scattered deuteron groups corresponding to excited states in ¹⁹F at 1.60 ± 0.02 MeV and 2.83 ± 0.02 MeV have been observed. The angular distribution of the former group is compared with a theory proposed by Huby and Newns. A number of proton groups have been assigned to the ¹⁹F(d, p)²⁰F reaction. Eight new excited states in ²⁰F are observed at 5.04, 5.19, 5.27, 5.72, 5.87, 5.95, 6.25 and 6.52 MeV, with errors of ± 0.02 MeV. The deuteron stripping theories have been applied to determine the l_n-values as well as the reduced widths of 21 excited states in ²⁰F. The general behaviour of the energy levels of this nucleus is discussed.The angular distribution of a proton group associated with the transition to the 6.091 MeV level in ¹⁴C is found to have l_n = 0. A possible configuration for this state is (1p_1/2)¹ (2s_{1 2})¹.