What is the difference between .pfa and .gif?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .gif
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- CompuServe
- 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.
- A GIF file is an image file often used for web graphics. It may contain up to 256 indexed colors with a color palette that may be a predefined set of colors or may be adapted to the colors in the image. GIF files are saved in a lossless format, meaning the clarity of the image is not compromised with GIF compression.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- image/gif
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- sample.gif
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .gif on Wikipedia