Basic differences and similarities between Type 1 and Type 2

Prepared by Gootector :D

              Type 1                              |  Type 2

Language      PostScript                          |  PostScript
Byte(s)       1-byte - max 256 glyphs             |  2-bytes - max 65536 glyphs
Extensions    pfa, pfb, afm, ofm, pfm             |  otf, cff, dfont
Curves        Cubic                               |  Cubic and quadratic (TrueType)
Year          1985                                |  1996
Developer(s)  Adobe                               |  Adobe & Microsoft


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Gootector