It dates to 1984 and for more than a decade, Type 1 has been the preferred format for the graphic arts and publishing industries. This font format is invented by Adobe along with the PostScript language and is based on it, using cubic Bezier curves. Furthermore, it’s not cross-platform and you need separate files for Mac and Windows. And also different versions for digital and print use. Not perfect because you need two separate files for its installation. They need little memory and operate fast. Great for its scalable, high quality glyph images. You can also find these under the name PostScript Fonts. There are quadratic and cubic type of Bezier curves. ⭐ Fun Fact: Bezier curves, named after its French founder Pierre Bézier, are such vector graphic lines that are used to shape smooth curves, intuitively modified via control points and that can be scaled indefinitely without losing quality. This is also another reason why vector (outline) fonts continue to develop. Furthermore, by describing the glyph with formulas, the computer needs less memory and operates faster. These characteristics make the vector fonts extremely convenient to use for multiple cases. So, scaling through calculations makes it possible for the computer to reproduce each glyph in whatever size you want, without any loss in its form and quality. Instead of a set of pixels, each glyph use Bezier curves* which draw instructions and mathematical formulas to describe each glyph. So, Bitmap is a raster-based format, while all the other fonts use vector graphics.
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