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PostScript type 1 font
File type: Font and typeface file
A pfa file extension is related to the PostScript type 1 font format used in desktop publishing.
Found 3 different file type records with the same pfa filename suffix.
File type category:
Font and typeface file
Date updated: April 17, 2024
The pfa file extension is used for PostScript type 1 fonts.
PostScript (PS) is a dynamically typed concatenative programming language created by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in 1982.
PostScript is best known for its use as a page description language in the electronic and desktop publishing areas.
Use compatible tools to work with *.pfa files.
Compatible tools may be able to export *.pfa files to other formats.
Software applications that can open pfa files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software applications that can edit pfa files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that import pfa files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that export pfa files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
On-line services
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: December 31, 2024
The pfa file extension is related to Formdef or Pagedef. A page definition is a resource used to define how data is to be formatted on a logical page. When generated by PPFA, a page definition is stored as a resource in the page-definition library.
This command must be specified when you define a page definition. All of the PAGEDEF subcommands are optional; defaults are assumed.
Use any source code editor to view content of *.pfa files.
Software applications that can open pfa files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software applications that can edit pfa files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software capable of saving pfa files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
File type category:
Font and typeface file
Date updated: November 8, 2018
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
PostScript (PS) is a dynamically typed concatenative programming language created by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in 1982.
PostScript is best known for its use as a page description language in the electronic and desktop publishing areas.
Use compatible tools to work with *.pfa files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Software apps that export pfa files:
On-line services