TrueType

E532335
font technology outline font format

TrueType is a digital font technology developed by Apple (and later adopted by Microsoft) that uses quadratic Bézier curves to define scalable, screen- and print-friendly typefaces.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
TrueType fonts 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf font technology ⓘ
outline font format ⓘ
adoptedBy Apple Macintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mac OS NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mac OS X NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microsoft Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ
category computer fonts ⓘ
digital typography ⓘ
compatibleWith OpenType NERFINISHED ⓘ
competesWith Adobe Type 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
PostScript Type 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains character mapping tables ⓘ
font metrics tables ⓘ
glyph outlines ⓘ
hinting instructions ⓘ
kerning data ⓘ
naming tables ⓘ
designedAs competitor to Adobe Type 1 ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
Microsoft ⓘ
fileExtension .ttc ⓘ
.ttf ⓘ
hintingLanguage TrueType instruction set NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedInDecade 1980s ⓘ
introducedInYearApprox 1991 ⓘ
relatedFormat Apple Advanced Typography NERFINISHED ⓘ
OpenType CFF NERFINISHED ⓘ
TrueType GX NERFINISHED ⓘ
renderedBy Apple Quartz text engine ⓘ
FreeType NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microsoft DirectWrite NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizedBy Apple TrueType specification NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ
anti-aliased rendering ⓘ
grid-fitting ⓘ
hinting ⓘ
multiple character encodings ⓘ
printing ⓘ
scalable fonts ⓘ
screen display ⓘ
tableStructure sfnt ⓘ
underlies OpenType TrueType outlines ⓘ
usedIn desktop publishing ⓘ
office documents ⓘ
operating system user interfaces ⓘ
web fonts ⓘ
uses quadratic Bézier curves ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OpenType font technology → isBasedOn → TrueType ⓘ
subject surface form: OpenType
Bezier curves → usedIn → TrueType ⓘ
subject surface form: Bézier curve
this entity surface form: TrueType fonts
pdfTeX → supportsFontTechnology → TrueType ⓘ
LuaTeX → supports → TrueType ⓘ
this entity surface form: TrueType fonts