ATM File Formats

Files: .FON

These files hold the standard OS/2 V2.0 bitmap fonts and are copied there by the OS/2 V2.0 install procedure.

Files: .PSF

PostScript font files are the new Type 1 Font files in internal-to-PM format which is designed (for efficiency) for the core fonts only (Times New, Courier and Helvetica).

Files: .AFM

These files hold the Adobe Font Metrics and are used by OS/2 PM ATM. Information such as character widths and kerning pairs are in this file.

Files: .PFB

These files hold the Printer Font Binary and are used by both OS/2 PM ATM and WIN-OS/2 ATM. These are the files that can be downloaded into printer storage.

Files: .PFM

These files hold the Printer Font Metrics and are used by the PostScript device driver to download fonts and by WIN-OS/2 ATM.

Files: .PFA

These files hold the Printer Font ASCII and are embedded by the PostScript device driver into the PostScript print job if you installed them as downloadable fonts.

For non-ATM file formats, such as the native formats for PCL, PPDS and 420X printers.

Figure "File Structure of Adobe Type Manager"


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