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Summary
Name	Adobe PostScript Font Metrics file
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/509
Family
Classification
Disclosure
Description	Part of the PostScript Type 1 font format family. On Windows, Type 1 fonts consist of a PostScript Font Binary (.PFB) file, plus a corresponding PostScript Font Metrics (.PFM) file. (Some very old Type 1 fonts may ship with a .PFB, .AFM, and .INF file. Installing such fonts will create a .PFM file from the .AFM and .INF files.)
Orientation	Binary
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by	Adobe Systems Incorporated
Source	The Borthwick Institute for Archives / The Borthwick Institute for Archives
Source date	26 Feb 2013
Source description	Descriptive text extracted from here: http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/info/formats.html
Last updated	26 Feb 2013
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