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Also known as PostScript OpenType Font, Open Font Format, OFF, OTF

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

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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