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Do you know of any references where I could read more about font formats, like the differences between OT vs. TT, the features of each, etc.? I know close to n
by wfunction 11y ago
Do you know of any references where I could read more about font formats, like the differences between OT vs. TT, the features of each, etc.?
I know close to nothing about them.
- jahewson 11y agoThe OT spec is the definitive document: https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otff.htm https://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otff.htm Look at the list of font tables, OpenType supports everything, but the individual formats are (to oversimplify), as follows: - TTF = Required Tables + Tables Related to TrueType Outlines - PostScript Flavor OTF = Required Tables + Tables Related to PostScript Outlines + Advanced Typographic Tables - TrueType Flavor OTF = Required Tables + Tables Related to TrueType Outlines + Advanced Typographic Tables Note that in a PostScript flavor OTF the glyph outlines are simply an entire Adobe CFF font embedded in a table. CFF is in turn a compact representation of a PostScript Type 1 font. There's an entire CFF spec too: https://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/font/5176.CFF.pdf https://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/font/5176.CFF...
- wfunction 11y agoThanks!