Links
If you would like to learn more about digital fonts, standards, and applications for font designing and editing, you are in the right place.
OpenType
- OpenType Specification v. 1.4 Specification of OpenType standard at the Adobe server.
- Introduction to OpenType User info about the format, use and advantages of OpenType fonts.
- OpenType User Guide for Adobe Fonts PDF document updated in July 2005.
- OpenType specification Specification of OpenType standard at the Microsoft server.
- TrueType, PostScript Type 1, & OpenType: What’s the Difference? Comparison of all the available digital font formats written by Thomas W. Phinney. The file is in PDF format.
PostScript Type 1 and TrueType
- FontSite.com Comparison of both formats written by Thomas W. Phinney.
- Phasing out “PostScript” Type 1 fonts A dusk of Type 1 fonts at Phinney’s blog.
Typography, type and diacritics
- Project Diacritics The database of diacritics in the form of Wikipedia, links to pages dedicated to accents etc. The project is a part of the Typo.cz server. The web page is in English only.
- Problems of diacritic design for Latin script text faces Brilliant study on diacritics written by J. Gaultney.
- Character design standards Intro to type design and diacritics design field.
Standards
- Unicode Server of the Unicode syndicate. Here, you will find exhaustive tables with all the symbols included in the standard in the PDF format, together with further information about Unicode.
Applications
- FontLab FontLab Professional font editor for Macitosh and Windows.
- TransType Application designated for conversion of fonts between various formats and platforms.
- TypeTool Simplified and cheaper version of FontLab intended for simple repairs and conversions of fonts.
- Fontographer Popular font editing application, now part of FontLab family.