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Name Adobe Printer Font Binary
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/525
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Description Printer Font Binary (.pfb) is a type 1 font made by Adobe and other companies.They are encrypted and compressed and also allow for hints, which improve the appearance of text at 300 dpi and lower resolutions. With Adobe Type Manager, Type 1 fonts can also be used on non-PostScript printers. However, Mac OS X and Windows, starting with Windows 2000, natively support Type 1 fonts, and Adobe Type Manager is not required. Research done by The National Archives.
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Developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by Adobe Systems Incorporated
Source The Borthwick Institute for Archives / The Borthwick Institute for Archives
Source date 01 May 2013
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Last updated 12 Nov 2013
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