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Usually you need Which file variations are preferred depends on platform. Linux prefers pfa and afm (the ASCII versions). Windows prefers pfb and pfm files, (the binary versions). Mac OS X prefers pfm and can throw away the restafm.
→Type 1 fonts
Type 1 fonts come in multiple files. The various components are:
* '''.pfb''': "PostScript Printer Font, Binary".* '''.pfa''': "PostScript Printer Font, ASCII".* '''.pfm''': "PostScript Printer Font Metrics", binary.
* '''.afm''': "Adobe Font Metrics".
Typically each font will have a set of outlines in a pfb or pfa file, and a set of metrics in a pfm or afm file.
On the Mac, you may encounter old-style PostScript Type 1 fonts which have an extensionless file containing the font outlines. These are a relic from the days when bitmaps were used to display fonts on screen, and the PostScript was downloaded to the printer. Your best bet is to throw them away and get an up-to-date OpenType version, or use a font editing utility such as fontforge to convert them.
