File extension Details of XFN, XFT, FON, FNT, OTF, CHR, CHA, DFONT, AFM

Name:	XFN
File Type:	Ventura Printer Font
Popularity:	3
Category:	font
File Description:	Printer font file used by the Corel Ventura publishing application, a program that can transform complex documents and XML files into visually rich publications; the XFN font format ensures accurate printing of text and is supported by Xerox printers.
Open Programs:	Windows Corel Ventura

Name:	XFT
File Type:	ChiWriter Printer Font
Popularity:	3
Category:	font
File Description:	24-pin printer font used by ChiWriter, a scientific multi-font word processor developed for MS-DOS and discontinued in 1996; formatted for 24-pin matrix printers.
Open Programs:	Windows Horstmann Software Design ChiWriter

Name:	FON
File Type:	Generic Font File
Popularity:	5
Category:	font
File Description:	Windows 3.x font library file; older font format that cannot be resized to any size like a TrueType (.TTF) font; may also look different on screen than paper.
Open Programs:	Windows Windows Font Viewer Referenced by programs that access system fonts

Name:	FNT
File Type:	Windows Font File
Popularity:	5
Category:	font
File Description:	Generic font file used by Microsoft Windows; may contain a single raster or vector font; typically stored in the system Fonts folder; most FNT files have been replaced by TrueType (.TTF) and OpenType (.OTF) fonts.
Open Programs:	Windows Edit with VSoft FontEdit Referenced by various programs

Name:	OTF
File Type:	OpenType Font   (Most common)
Popularity:	5
Category:	font
File Description:	Font format developed by Adobe and Microsoft; combines aspects of PostScript and TrueType font formats; fully scalable, meaning the font can be resized without losing quality. The OpenType font format is supported by Mac OS X and Windows 2000 and later.
Open Programs:	Mac OS View in Apple Font Book Used by programs that access system fonts Windows View in Windows Font Viewer Used by programs that access system fonts

Name:	CHR
File Type:	Borland Character Set
Popularity:	3
Category:	font
File Description:	Provides style options for different fonts; may include different sizes and styles for a specific typeface; should be stored in the system "Fonts "folder
Open Programs:	Windows Used by any program that can access system fonts

Name:	CHA
File Type:	Character Layout File
Popularity:	3
Category:	font
File Description:	Contains character layout information for a certain font; describes how the characters are positioned and defines the kerning between each character. CHA files can be opened and edited with DTL (Dutch Type Library) FontMaster software.
Open Programs:	Mac OS DTL OTMaster Light Windows DTL OTMaster Light DTL FontMaster Light DTL KernMaster Linux DTL OTMaster Light

Name:	DFONT
File Type:	Mac OS X Data Fork Font
Popularity:	3
Category:	font
File Description:	Standard font format used by Mac OS X; font contents are stored in the data fork part of the file instead of the resource fork (which was used by fonts in Mac OS Classic). Active system fonts (which can be accessed by all users) must be stored in the /Library/Fonts folder; Active user fonts (which can only be accessed by the current user) must be stored in /Users/~username/Library/Fonts folder.
Open Programs:	Mac OS Used by programs that access system fonts (Mac OS X only)

Name:	AFM
File Type:	Adobe Font Metrics File
Popularity:	3
Category:	font
File Description:	ASCII text-based font format developed by Adobe; stores font metric data for a Type 1 PostScript file; contains the master design of a specific font, which defines the way each character of the font looks.
Open Programs:	Mac OS Referenced by programs that use system fonts Should be kept in system Fonts folder Windows Referenced by programs that use system fonts Should be kept in system Fonts folder

Name:	ABF
File Type:	Adobe Binary Screen Font File
Popularity:	3
Category:	font
File Description:	Binary encoding of Adobe's character bitmap distribution formation, which is an ASCII text-encoded font format; each ABF file consists of a sequence of 8-bit bytes; character bitmaps are stored in a ?strike? format, which is a rectangular pixel array; the height of the rectangle is the height of the tallest character in the font and the width is the sum of all the character widths. The ABF format is also known as the "Adobe Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format."
Open Programs:	Mac OS Used by programs that access system fonts Windows Used by programs that access system fonts