What is the difference between .pfa and .cip?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .cip
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Cisco
- Description
- A Printer Font ASCII (PFA) file is a type of font file used in the context of desktop publishing and digital typesetting. It contains font data in an ASCII text format, which includes descriptions of the font's characters, glyphs, and other typographic details. PFA files are part of the PostScript font format, designed for use in the Adobe PostScript printing language. These files allow for the scalable rendering of text, meaning they enable fonts to be resized without losing quality.
- CIP is a proprietary image format developed by Cisco Systems for its IP phones. It is used to store images, backgrounds, icons, and logos, and is optimized for use on Cisco IP phones. It is not compatible with other image formats.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- application/x-cisco-vnd.cip
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- sample.cip
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia