OpenType Font
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OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. Derived from TrueType, it retains TrueType's basic structure but adds many intricate data structures for describing typographic behavior. OpenType is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Key facts
- File format.name
- OpenType
- File format._noextcode
- on
- File format.extensions
- .otf, .otc, .ttf, .ttc
- File format.type code
- OTTO
- File format.uniform type
- public.opentype-font
- File format.owner
- Microsoft, Adobe Systems
- File format.latest release version
- 1.9
- File format.genre
- Font file
- File format.extended from
- TrueType, PostScript fonts
- File format.standard
- ISO/IEC 14496-22:2019
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Open Font Format
- Unicode Variation Sequences
- Color fonts
- Collections
- Font Variations
- Description
- OpenType support
- Basic Roman support
- Extended language support
- Advanced typography
- OpenType Feature File
- Layout tags
- Script tags
- Language system tags
- Feature tags
- Baseline tags
- Math
- Color
- SING gaiji solution
- See also
- References
- External links
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. Derived from TrueType, it retains TrueType's basic structure but adds many intricate data structures for describing typographic behavior. OpenType is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
The specification germinated at Microsoft, with Adobe Systems also contributing by the time of the public announcement in 1996.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “OpenType Font” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.