LanguagePFA
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.
What is pfa file?
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.
How to open pfa file?
Use compatible tools to work with *.pfa files.
How to convert pfa file?
Compatible tools may be able to export *.pfa files to other formats.
Suggested software to open pfa file:
Associated software actions with the pfa file
Software applications that can open pfa files:
TypeTool (Microsoft Windows)
TypeTool for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that can edit pfa files:
TypeTool (Microsoft Windows)
TypeTool for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that import pfa files:
TypeTool (Microsoft Windows)
TTF to PS Type 1 Font Converter (Microsoft Windows)
TypeTool for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that export pfa files:
TypeTool (Microsoft Windows)
TypeTool for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Online font converter (On-line services)
Formdef or Pagedef source code
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.
How to open pfa file?
Use any source code editor to view content of *.pfa files.
Associated software actions with the pfa file
Software applications that can open pfa files:
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that can edit pfa files:
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Software capable of saving pfa files:
Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)
Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)
Unhinted PostScript Type 3 font
File type category:
Font and typeface file
Date updated: November 8, 2018
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.
How to open pfa file?
Use compatible tools to work with *.pfa files.
How to convert pfa file?
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Associated software actions with the pfa file
Software apps that export pfa files:
Online font converter (On-line services)