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→Type 1 fonts: Noted Win 7 behavior.
* '''.pfa''': "PostScript Font, ASCII".
* '''.pfm''': "PostScript Font Metrics", binary.
* '''.afm''': "ASCII 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.
On Windows 7, the OS will identify only the .pfm file as the actual font. However, when you install the font, Windows invisibly locates the matching .pfb file from the same directory, and copies them both to the C:\Windows\Fonts directory.
* Using [[psnfss]] metrics in ConTeXt
