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Type 1 PostScript font
File type: Font and typeface file
Files with pfb extension can be found as Adobe Type 1 PostScript fonts. One of the many font formats.
Found 2 different file type records with the same pfb filename suffix.
File type category:
Font and typeface file
Date updated: April 17, 2024
File extension pfb is traditionally used for Adobe Type Manager Type 1 PostScript font file format.
Adobe Type 1 font format for single-byte digital fonts for use with Adobe Type Manager software and with PostScript printers. It can support font hinting.
PFB was originally a proprietary format but Adobe released the specification to third-party font manufacturers provided that all Type 1 fonts adhere to it.
Typically fonts can be imported to operating system or individual programs so they can be used from the font library.
Fonts can be converted between various formats with some kind of dedicated font software like Fontographer or similar.
Software applications that can open pfb files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software applications that can edit pfb files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software capable of saving pfb files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Programs for viewing pfb files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that create pfb files:
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Software apps that import pfb files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
On-line services
Software apps that export pfb files:
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
On-line services
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File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: July 29, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The pfb file extension is associated with the DESQview a text mode multitasking program developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems. The .pfb file stores various data used for internal purposes of the DESQview.
DESQview enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Running on top of MS-DOS operating system, it allowed users to run multiple DOS programs concurrently in multiple windows.