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Font Formats

Font FilesFormat DescriptionAuthor
ABFAdobe Binary Screen Font Files Specification Version 2.0 (Acrobat)Adobe
ACORNAcorn Font Format
AFMAdobe Font Metrics File Format Specification Version 4.1 (Acrobat)Adobe
BDFGlyph Bitmap Distribution Format Specification Version 2.2 (Acrobat)Adobe
.cffThe Compact Font Format Specification v1.0 (Acrobat) - OpenType Font VariantAdobe
.cidCID-keyed font (also known as CID font, CID-based font, short for Character Identifier font), Type 1 FontAdobe
CPIDOS CPI Fonts Erik Bachmann
DRSDrawperfect 1.0 fonts
.fnt FNTWindows 3.1 Bitmap Font FormatMicrosoft Corp.
.fon FONWindows FON file formatBrian Bi
.gf GFTeX GF format
.hbf HBFHanzi Bitmap Font (HBF) File Format version 1.1
.pcf PCFPCF File Format
.pfr PFRRFC 3073 - Portable Font Resource (PFR)The Internet Society
.Bitstream TrueDoc PFR SpecificationBitstream Inc.
.pk PKTeX/Metafont PK bitmap font format
.tfm TFMTeX font metrics file format
.otcOpenType Collection
.otfOpentype SpecMicrosoft Corp.
.ttcTrueType Collection
.ttfTrueType Font Truetype Spec 1.66Microsoft Corp.
.ttfThe TrueType Font FileApple
.pfaType 1 Font
.pfbType 1 Font
.sfntSFNT is a font file format used for PostScript, TrueType, OpenType, and Web Open Font Format (WOFF) fonts. SFNT stands for spline font, and was originally developed for Apple Computer's QuickDraw.
.pcfThe pcf (portable compiled format) file format is a binary representation of a bitmap font used by the XServer. It consists of a file header followed by a series of tables, with the header containing pointers to all the tables.
.pfrPortable Font Rescue FontsPortable Font Rescue (PFR)

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