

Some file extensions used for fonts from these two programs are *pk, *gf, mf and vf. The typesetting application TeX and its companion font software, Metafont, traditionally renders characters using its own methods.

PostScript fonts by Adobe – has various formats, e.g: Printer Font ASCII (PFA) and Printer Font Binary (PFB).See #Bitmap for the available bitmap fonts. PC Screen Font (PSF) used by the Kernel for console fonts, not supported by Xorg (for Unicode PSF files the extension is psfu).Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) by Adobe.Outline or vector fonts Use Bézier curves, drawing instructions and mathematical formulae to describe each glyph, which make the character outlines scalable to any size. Most computer fonts used today are in either bitmap or outline data formats.īitmap fonts Consist of a matrix of dots or pixels representing the image of each glyph in each face and size. 6.3 List installed fonts for a particular Unicode character.

6.2 List installed fonts for a particular language.3.3.5 Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese.
