What is the difference between .pfm and .vips?
- Extension
- .pfm
- .vips
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe Systems
- VIPS (Visual Information Processing System)
- 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.
- VIPS is a libvips file format mainly used for calculations, but it can also store images. The main advantage is that it has no size limit; it's fast and straightforward. Nonetheless, most applications can't view it, so converting it to a more popular format is the only way to work around it.
- MIME Type
- application/x-font-type1
- image/vnd.vips
- Sample
- sample.pfm
- Wikipedia
- .pfm on Wikipedia
- .vips on Wikipedia