font Format
PFA File Format
Printer Font ASCII is the human-readable, plain-text ASCII representation of Adobe PostScript Type 1 outline fonts. Widely used on Unix workstations and legacy typography systems, it encodes cubic Bézier glyph curves.
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Technical Specifications
| Extensions | .pfa |
| MIME Types | application/x-font-type1, application/postscript |
| Category | Font |
| Engine Tier | tier1-small-js |
| Magic Bytes / Sniffing | Container sniffing (ZIP / OLE2 / RIFF header inspection) |
| Opens With | FontForge, Adobe Type Manager, Ghostscript |
| Good For | Inspecting raw PostScript font programs and converting legacy publishing typefaces. |
| Not Recommended For | Modern OpenType typography and contemporary web browser rendering. |