What is the difference between .pfa and .pcx?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .pcx
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- ZSoft
- 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.
- PCX, standing for Paintbrush Bitmap Image, is a raster image format developed by ZSoft Corporation for their PC Paintbrush graphics program. Initially released in the 1980s, PCX was one of the first widely used bitmap image formats on IBM PC compatible computers. The format supports 1-bit monochrome, 4-bit palette, 8-bit palette, and 24-bit true color images, allowing for a wide range of colors and shades.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- image/pcx
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- sample.pcx
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .pcx on Wikipedia