Data/File Formats
Data/File Formats
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Metadata is a special kind of data. It simply "data about data." You can think of it as describing the data that follows, kind of like a Table of Contents describes the remainder of a book. For more information, see this Wikipedia article.
OCR - to capture actual text, or just for searching?? what reliability is required (i.e., 100%)? Adobe Acrobat Capture scans and converts to PDF
| Format | Description | PostScript level |
| bitmap fonts | (.fon)?
ANSI size-dependent bitmap fonts? -or-? bitmap OEM fonts |
n/a - Windows only? |
| Character ID (CID) | large character sets; for example: Chinese | ? |
| Multiple Master | extends Type 1 with one or more design axes (parameters) | ? |
| TrueType | native (.ttf) | n/a |
| Type 0 | composite fonts | ? |
| Type 1 | commonly used outline fonts;?
ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) |
1 |
| Type 2 | extends Type 1; used in Compressed Font Format (CFF) and OpenType | ? |
| Type 3 | outline or bitmap fonts (rarely used) | ? |
| Type 42 | TrueType font data wrapped in PostScript | ? |
