What is the difference between .pfa and .xpm?
- Extension
- .pfa
- .xpm
- Format
- Text
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- X Consortium
- 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 XPM (X11 Pixmap Graphic) file format is a plain text file format used to store pixmap images, which are pixel-based graphics. It is designed for use with the X Window System, commonly used in Unix and Linux environments. XPM files define images in a structured format, using ASCII text to describe each pixel's color and location within the image. This format supports both monochrome and color images and allows for the definition of custom color palettes.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font
- image/x-xbitmap
- Sample
- sample.pfa
- sample.xpm
- Wikipedia
- .pfa on Wikipedia
- .xpm on Wikipedia