What is the difference between .pfm and .exr?
- Extension
- .pfm
- .exr
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Industrial Light & Magic
- Description
- A Printer Font Metrics (PFM) file is a type of file associated with Adobe Type 1 fonts used in Microsoft Windows. It contains metric information about a font, such as character widths, heights, and kerning pairs, which are essential for correctly displaying and printing text. The PFM file works in conjunction with a PFB (Printer Font Binary) file, which contains the actual font outline data.
- Raster image stored in the OpenEXR format, a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic; supports multi-layer images, lossy and lossless compression, and 16-bit and 32-bit pixels; used for storing deep raster images for high-quality graphics; used by raster graphics editing programs and imaging applications.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font-type1
- image/x-exr
- Sample
- sample.pfm
- sample.exr
- Wikipedia
- .pfm on Wikipedia
- .exr on Wikipedia