What is the difference between .pfa and .jpeg?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .jpeg
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- 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 JPEG file is an image saved in a compressed graphic format standardized by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG). It supports up to 24-bit color and is compressed using lossy compression, which may noticeably reduce the image quality if high amounts of compression are used. JPEG files are commonly used for storing digital photos and web graphics.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- image/jpeg
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- sample.jpeg
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .jpeg on Wikipedia