Postscript is all but gone, and today, newer font standards such as TrueType and OpenType rule the roost. Here's how we got from desktop PostScript in the early '80s to today.

SFNT was designed to be open and a container for other font types and which supports PostScript, TrueType, OpenType, Web Open Font Format (WOFF), and others. However, due to early use of C programming ...

Step 3: Verify the font is installed To verify the font is installed, open a program that uses fonts such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop. Select the font from the font menu and start typing. If ...

The recent Mac OS X 10.6.7 update is causing problems for some Mac users who rely on OpenType PostScript fonts. If you’re experiencing problems, the best workaround is to downgrade to 10.6.6, and if ...

Very quick commandline wrapper around OpenTypeUtilities.cpp from Chromium, used to make EOT (Embeddable Open Type) files from TTF (TrueType/OpenType Font) files. This is the format TTLoadEmbeddedFont ...

Click "Browse," select the OpenType font file and click "Open" to select it. Select "ttf (TrueType)" in the "Select a format to convert to" box and click the "Convert" button.

A font handling bug in OS X 10.6.7 has resulted in printing and PDF creation problems when using OpenType PostScript fonts. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

About OpenType fonts Released in 2000, the OpenType font format was intended to replace TrueType and PostScript font formats, and it dramatically extended the potential scope and intelligence of ...