LanguageAFM
Adobe font metrics
File type: Font and typeface file
Files with afm file extension are in most cases special fonts in Adobe's font metrics an ASCII-based format Used for storing font metric data as human-readable data.
Found 9 different file type records with the same afm filename suffix.
What is afm file?
File type category:
Font and typeface file
Date updated: January 2, 2025
The afm file extension is used for Adobe's ASCII-based file format that is used for storing font metric data as human-readable data. AFM is the standard Adobe font file format used in Adobe software.
This format is also known as the Adobe Multiple Font Metrics (AMFM) and Adobe Composite Font Metrics (ACFM) file formats. In fact, AFM, AMFM, and ACFM are actually three variations of the same format.
The afm files contain base or composite font information. One AFM file is used per master design of a font. AMFM files store control and global font information for a group of AFM files. And ACFM files contain the global metrics of the composite font program.
How to open afm file?
The *.afm files are used for internal purposes of Adobe programs.
How to convert afm file?
Specialized font converters can be used to convert afm files to other formats.
Suggested software to open afm file:
Associated software actions with the afm file
Software apps that import afm files:
TTF to PS Type 1 Font Converter (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving afm files:
Adobe Creative Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Creative Suite for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Creative Cloud (Multiplatform)
Abassis data
File type category:
Accounting, financial and tax file
Date updated: February 11, 2019
The afm file extension is associated with Abassis Finance Manager, a personal finance management software for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The afm file stores various data used for internal purposes of the Abassis.
How to open afm file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert afm file?
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Suggested software to open afm file:
Associated software actions with the afm file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving afm files:
Abassis Finance Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Advanced Forensics Format metadata
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: November 13, 2018
The afm file extension is associated with the OSForensics a tool for Microsoft Windows operating system used to identify suspicious files and activity on computer and other tools used Advanced Forensics Format (AFF).
The afm file stores metadata about disk image stored in the AFF format.
How to open afm file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert afm file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open afm file:
Associated software actions with the afm file
Software apps that create afm files:
OSForensics (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving afm files:
OSForensics (Microsoft Windows)
Alphacam flame parameter macrro
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: November 22, 2018
The afm file extension is associated with the Alphacam, a CAD/CAM software solution for Microsoft Windows that is used in the woodworking industry.
The afm file stores flame parameter macro.
How to open afm file?
Use Alphacam to open *.afm parameter macro files.
How to convert afm file?
Probably cannot be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open afm file:
Associated software actions with the afm file
Software applications that can open afm files:
Alphacam (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit afm files:
Alphacam (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving afm files:
Alphacam (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create afm files:
Alphacam (Microsoft Windows)
DESQview data
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 17, 2019
The afm file extension was also used by DESQview, a text mode multitasking program developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems which enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Running on top of DOS, it allowed users to run multiple DOS programs concurrently in multiple windows.
GeoVu format
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: June 20, 2019
The afm file extension is also used by the GeoVu, a data- and a platform-independent browse and visualization application developed at the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC).
The afm file stores various data used for internal purposes of the GeoVu.
How to open afm file?
Use GeoVu to work with *.afm files.
How to convert afm file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Suggested software to open afm file:
Associated software actions with the afm file
Software applications that can open afm files:
GeoVu (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit afm files:
GeoVu (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving afm files:
GeoVu (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create afm files:
GeoVu (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving afm files:
GeoVu (Microsoft Windows)
HP NewWave cardfile application data
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 29, 2018
The afm file extension is associated with the NewWave, an object-oriented graphical desktop environment and office productivity tool for PCs running early versions of Microsoft Windows.
The .afm file stores cardfile application data.
The HP NewWave is obsolete product.
Lout document formatting system data
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 31, 2018
The afm file extension is also related to Lout, a high-level language for document formatting. This freeware was designed and implemented by Jeffrey H. Kingston of the Basser Department of Computer Science at the University of Sydney in 1993.
How to open afm file?
Use Lout to open *.afm data files.
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Associated software actions with the afm file
Software applications that can open afm files:
Lout (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that can edit afm files:
Lout (Linux/Unix)
Software capable of saving afm files:
Lout (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that create afm files:
Lout (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving afm files:
Lout (Linux/Unix)
NX assemly FEM data
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: September 14, 2023
File extension afm is used for one of the native file types of NX, a high-end CAD/CAM/CAE software by Siemens.
AFM format is used as assembly of individual .fem files. Several types of connections between the various FEM parts can be defined within the Assembly FEM file.
How to open afm file?
Can be used in Siemens NX software.
How to convert afm file?
Export is usually possible to alternative 3D formats.
Suggested software to open afm file:
Associated software actions with the afm file
Software applications that can open afm files:
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that can edit afm files:
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Software capable of saving afm files:
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that create afm files:
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that import afm files:
Solid Edge (Microsoft Windows)