![]() AppearanceĮarlier versions of windows used a TrueType icon containing two ‘T’-characters. It is up to you to figure out that ‘Antquab.ttf’ actually is ‘Book Antiqua Bold’. Most annoying is the fact that TrueType filenames stick to the standard 8.3 naming conventions of DOS. Only Windows 3.1 will create a second “FOT” file which acts as a pointer to the location of the font data. All font data are contained in a single file. ![]() TrueType fonts carry the file name extension ‘.ttf’. This means that those versions of Windows ship with a TrueType rasterizer which can display TrueType fonts at any type size. All subsequent versions of their operating systems, including all Windows NT variations, have built-in support for it. ![]() Microsoft starting supporting TrueType in Windows 3.1. TrueType on Macs running System 9 or earlierĪpple used to have a tool that added support for TrueType to System 6.x (although I can’t imagine any people are still using that in a production environment).įrom System 7.0 onwards, TrueType is supported directly by the operating system. More information on fonts in OS X 10,5 is available on this page. You can find more information about this font format on this page. ![]() Mac OS X also support a special type of TrueType fonts, called dFonts. Apple bundles several TrueType fonts with OS X. OS X can cope with both Mac TrueType fonts and PC TrueType fonts (more specifically PC fonts with the extension.
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