User`s manual

Appendix A
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PFB (Postscript Font Binary) file
A binary file that contains the glyph outline information for a PC Type 1
font.
PFM (Postscript Font Metrics) file
A binary file that contains the metrics information for a PC Type 1 font.
POST resource
Macintosh terminology for the part of a Macintosh font that contains an
Adobe Type 1 font.
sfnt resource
Macintosh terminology for the part of a Macintosh font that contains a
TrueType font.
Suitcase
Macintosh terminology for a file which contains information about a font
or family of fonts.
Table
A set of data defining behaviors or relationships of a font. Digital fonts
contain not only the drawings of their characters, but also information
about how those characters should behave. Information about the spacing
on each side of a character (metrics), how close particular characters
should be to each other (kerning), CMaps and many other things can be
kept in tables in a font.
TrueType
A font format using quadratic b-spline mathematics to describe glyph
outlines. Developed and promulgated by Microsoft and Apple Computer.
Type 1 (Adobe Type 1, PostScript Type 1)
A font format using cubic b-spline mathematics to describe glyph outlines.
Developed and promulgated by Adobe Systems.
Unicode range
The portion of Unicode dealing with a particular language or script. E.g.
the Hebrew range, the Cyrillic range, the extended Latin range. Unicode
range is not limited to 256 characters. It is usually a contiguous part of
Unicode.
VFB format
the internal format of FontLab products.