What is the difference between .pfa and .woff2?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .woff2
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Font
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- WebFonts Working 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.
- The Web Open Font Format 2.0 (WOFF2) file is a modern font format designed specifically for use on the web. It is an evolution of the WOFF format, offering improved compression and thus smaller file sizes, which enhances web performance by reducing the time it takes for fonts to load. WOFF2 supports the same customization and features as its predecessor, but with more efficient encoding and compression mechanisms.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- application/font-woff2
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- sample.woff2
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .woff2 on Wikipedia