What is the difference between .pfa and .heif?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .heif
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Apple
- 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.
- Based on HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding), the HEIF format is an image file container with one or multiple images and is the default image format for Apple Live Photos. It replaced the JPEG format as it's smaller in size and has lossless compression ensuring high-quality photos.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- image/heif
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .heif on Wikipedia