What is the difference between .pfa and .miff?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .miff
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- ImageMagick
- 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.
- The MIFF (Magick Image File Format) is a versatile image format used primarily by ImageMagick, a software suite for creating, editing, converting, and displaying bitmap images. It is designed to store bitmap images with a high degree of flexibility, supporting various depths and color spaces, including transparency and multiple layers. MIFF files are often used for temporary storage during image processing tasks, as they can efficiently preserve the full quality and attributes of images.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- image/x-miff
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- sample.miff
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .miff on Wikipedia