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Type 1 fonts are fonts that are encrypted (secret code) and use Adobe's proprietary hinting technology for low resolution display. Type 1 fonts decode the font information using the 'eexec' operator (documentation to which should be released within a few months). Type 3 fonts are fonts created by anybody else using plain and simple PostScript definitions, be it packed or unpacked arrays, for the character descriptions and everything else dealing with that particular font. Fontographer creates Type 3 fonts, for example. Or you can hack out a piece of PostScript code (copied from one of Adobe's or someone else's books) that define a few characters of a Type 3 font.