What is the difference between .pfm and .ras?
- Extension
- .pfm
- .ras
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- Sun
- 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.
- Originally used on the Sun Microsystems computers, RAS is a raster image format that displays bitmap images. It is popularly used for specific types of research projects and it can be developed in Unix OS as well. It supports 1 and 32-bits per pixel and used RLE compression codec.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font-type1
- image/x-cmu-raster
- Sample
- sample.pfm
- Wikipedia
- .pfm on Wikipedia
- .ras on Wikipedia