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File extensions used for font and typeface file formats

Font and typeface file extension list

File extensions used for font and typeface file formats.

Font file type can be defined as a set of glyphs, characters or symbols.

Fonts could be separated to three basic types: bitmap fonts, outline fonts and stroke fonts.

Bitmap fonts (raster fonts) consist of a series of dots or pixels representing the image of each glyph in each face and size. Bitmap fonts are faster and easier to use in computer code, but inflexible, requiring a separate font for each size.

Outline fonts (vector fonts) use Bézier curves, drawing instructions and mathematical formulas to describe each glyph, which make the character outlines scalable to any size.

Stroke fonts use a series of specified lines and additional information to define the profile, or size and shape of the line in a specific face, which together describe the appearance of the glyph.

The most used font file formats are:

Adobe Type 1 (pfb file extension) and Type 3 fonts developed by Adobe for professional digital typesetting and desktop publishing. Type 1 and Type 3 fonts are outline fonts (vector fonts) use PostScript and cubic Bezier curves.

TrueType font (ttf file extension) is file format created by Apple, Inc as competition for Adobe Type 1 fonts. TrueType font is described by quadratic Bezier curves. It is very popular font format, which is supported by many operating systems (Microsoft Windows, MAC OS X, Linux).

Current standard font file format supported by modern operating systems is OpenType (otf file extension), which was designed by Microsoft and Adobe. OpentType fonts are based on Type 1 Adobe font and contain wide range of metadata and international/foreign character sets.

ExtensionFile type description
075 file icon file extension 075Corel Ventura Publisher 75x75 dpi font
085 file icon file extension 085Corel Ventura Publisher 85x85 dpi font
091 file icon file extension 091Corel Ventura Publisher 91x91 dpi font
096 file icon file extension 096Corel Ventura Publisher 96x96 dpi font
0b file icon file extension 0bAdobe PageMaker printer font
12u file icon file extension 12uAdobe PageMaker font file
15u file icon file extension 15uAdobe PageMaker printer font
8m file icon file extension 8mAdobe PageMaker Math 8 printer font
8u file icon file extension 8uAdobe Pagemaker Roman 8 extended character set printer font
abf file icon file extension abfAdobe binary screen font file
acfm file icon file extension acfmAdobe composite font metrics file
afm file icon file extension afmAdobe font metrics file
afs file icon file extension afsAdobe Type Manager font set
all file icon file extension allArts & Letters library
amfm file icon file extension amfmAdobe multiple font metrics file
apf file icon file extension apfLotus printer driver fonts
asf file icon file extension asfLotus Screen font
atm file icon file extension atmAdobe Type Manager file
auf file icon file extension aufAlphacam User Font
azw1 file icon file extension azw1Amazon Kindle file
b30 file icon file extension b30Ventura Publisher printer font
bdf file icon file extension bdfUNIX font file
bez file icon file extension bezBitstream outline font description
bfn file icon file extension bfnBrother Embroidery software font
bmf file icon file extension bmfBMF ByteMap font format
cct file icon file extension cctSIL Hebrew Font System transliteration table
cef file icon file extension cefAdobe Illustrator compact embedded font
cff file icon file extension cffCompact Font Format
chd file icon file extension chdAres Font Chameleon font description
chm file icon file extension chmChameleon source font
chr file icon file extension chrBorland language stroke font file
dfont file icon file extension dfontMac OS X Data Fork Suitcase Format
drs file icon file extension drsDraw Perfect font file
ega file icon file extension egaVentura Publisher EGA display font file
eot file icon file extension eotWEFT embedded OpenType file
f06 file icon file extension f06MS DOS screen text font
fan file icon file extension fanFinale NotePad font annotation
fdb file icon file extension fdbFont definition block of SWT generator
fdb file icon file extension fdbMing font file
ff file icon file extension ffAgfa Compugraphics outline font description
ffil file icon file extension ffilMac OS X Data Fork Suitcase Format
fi file icon file extension fiBitstream Intellifont file
fif file icon file extension fifFont information file
flf file icon file extension flfFIGlet zipped figletized text font
fli file icon file extension fliTex font library (EmTeX)
fmp file icon file extension fmpAutoCAD font map
fnt file icon file extension fntUsually font file
fnt file icon file extension fntMicrosoft Windows font file
fnt file icon file extension fntRAW font file
fnt file icon file extension fntM.U.G.E.N font file
fnt file icon file extension fntYountel Unicode font
fnt file icon file extension fntRADIANCE font file
fo1 file icon file extension fo1Borland Turbo C font file
fon file icon file extension fonBitmap font with fixed size
fon file icon file extension fonFont file
font file icon file extension fontFont data file
fot file icon file extension fotTruetype font styles file
frf file icon file extension frfFontMonger intermediate font
frs file icon file extension frsWordPerfect for Windows screen font resource
ftm file icon file extension ftmMicrografx font file
gdr file icon file extension gdrSymbianOS bitmap font file
glf file icon file extension glfGLF 3D font
glf file icon file extension glfAfterGRASP font
glif file icon file extension glifGlyph Interchange Format
gsf file icon file extension gsfGhostscript fonts
gxf file icon file extension gxfGeneral CADD Pro font data
hpc file icon file extension hpcHP font language
hpi file icon file extension hpiGEM font information
lwfn file icon file extension lwfnAdobe Type 1 font
lxo file icon file extension lxoLaserMaster font
mcf file icon file extension mcfMathcad font file
mgf file icon file extension mgfMicrografx font
mmm file icon file extension mmmAdobe Type Manager multiple-master font metrics
mrf file icon file extension mrfMacintosh font
mtf file icon file extension mtfMediatek font
mxf file icon file extension mxfMaxis SimCity font file
ndx file icon file extension ndxArcView fonts index file
ntf file icon file extension ntfFont file
ofm file icon file extension ofmAdobe PostScript font description file
otf file icon file extension otfOpenType font file format
pcf file icon file extension pcfUNIX font file
pfa file icon file extension pfaPostScript type 1 font
pfa file icon file extension pfaunhinted PostScript Type 3 font file
pfb file icon file extension pfbType 1 PostScript font
pfm file icon file extension pfmMicrosoft Printer Font Metrics
pfm file icon file extension pfmAdobe printer outline metric font
pft file icon file extension pftChiWriter printer font
pk file icon file extension pkLaTeX compressed font
pk file icon file extension pkPacked bitmap font bitmap file (TeX DVI drivers)
prs file icon file extension prsCorel WordPerfect printer resource font file
psf file icon file extension psfChiWriter - Outline PostScript printer font
scr file icon file extension scrLocoScript screen font file
scr file icon file extension scrScreen font
sfd file icon file extension sfdSpline Font database file format
sfi file icon file extension sfiPrinter font (HP LaserJet landscape) (Ventura Publisher)
sfl file icon file extension sflPCL4 Ventura printer bitmap font
sfo file icon file extension sfoBitstream font file
sfs file icon file extension sfsPCL 5 scalable font file
smn file icon file extension smnParaGraph's WorkScript format font file
snf file icon file extension snfDESQview font
snf file icon file extension snfUNIX font file
spd file icon file extension spdHarvard Bitstream typeface (font)
spd file icon file extension spdBitstream Speedo scalable font
suit file icon file extension suitApple font file
t2 file icon file extension t2TrueType font file
tb1 file icon file extension tb1Borland Turbo C font file
tdf file icon file extension tdfTheDraw font
tfm file icon file extension tfmTagged Font Metric file
tpf file icon file extension tpfHiJaak downloadable PCL soft font file
tpz file icon file extension tpzAmazon Kindle font file
ttc file icon file extension ttcTrueType Font collection
ttf file icon file extension ttfTrueType Font
ttx file icon file extension ttxXML font format
type file icon file extension typeAmiga font file
ufo file icon file extension ufoUnified font object
usl file icon file extension uslLaserJet landscape font
vf file icon file extension vfTeX virtual font file
vfb file icon file extension vfbFont description file
xfn file icon file extension xfnCorel Ventura printer font
xfr file icon file extension xfrVentura Publisher bitmap editor font file
xft file icon file extension xftChiWriter 24 pin printer font


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