In windows 7 -> Fonts having Lots of features!


March 5th, 2010

Few additional Features of Fonts in windows 7:

The thumbnails in the fonts folder show 3 characters of the font’s alphabet on the icon. This makes it easier to identify fonts. Stacked icons indicate that different font styles are available. Such a group of fonts is called a ‘collection’. The use of collections reduces the clutter in the font folder.

Windows 7 can hide certain fonts automatically when needed. Fonts that are hidden are not available to applications although they are still installed in the operation system. One way in which this mechanism is used is for hiding fonts deemed useless based on the regional settings: if you indicate that Windows 7 should use western regional settings, japanese fonts will be hidden. This font hiding mechanism frees up memory and simplifies font selection.

The ‘Install New Font’ menu option that hadn’t changed since Windows 3.1 or so is no longer available in Windows 7. You install fonts by copying them  into the fonts folder.

Gabriola is a new font that is included with the operating system. It is a script font with support for a wide variety of advanced OpenType features.

Font rendering has improved: the ClearType technology that is used to anti-alias type on LCD displays has been optimised and now displays sharper fonts. Programmers also get easier access to advanced OpenType functionalities.

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Font Encoding!


February 26th, 2010

In the fonts encoding, it is the way characters are mapped to the keyboard and the order in which they occufont_mapr in the font. It is important to make sure that the right encoding is used in the conversion. Most font conversion software handles encoding automatically, but there are usually controls for handling it. When converting a font, it is best if you know the correct encoding for the font on the target platform. If you aren’t sure, you can compare it to the encoding of a similar font on the target platform and use it as a guide. After conversion, you can check the encoding by viewing or printing out a character map:-

We can use Typograf on the PC or FontBuddy on the Mac to print out a character map.

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Alter Firefox Font Size!


February 20th, 2010

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How will you Rectify Typochondria?


February 15th, 2010

Typochondria” is the fear that you have chosen the wrong typeface. If you have ever experienced from that font affliction, rest easy: This following information is good for what ails you.

Selecting typefaces for a project can expose deep-rooted vulnerabilities within even the most stout-hearted designers. Font doubt may give rise to self-esteem issues and the malady that design educator and author Ellen Lupton calls “typochrondria.”

If you have ever suffered from this affliction, you are not alone. As a designer, you know the basics: Don’t mix typefaces that are too similar to each other but don’t combine those that are too discordant, don’t confuse styles and eras, and don’t buy poor-quality fonts. But beyond that, what’s the right way to choose type?

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Cross-Platform Font Technology!


February 10th, 2010

OpenType® is a new cross-platform font file format developed jointly by Adobe and Microsoft. Adobe has converted the entire Adobe Type Library into this format and now offers thousands of OpenType fonts.

The two main benefits of the OpenType format are its cross-platform compatibility (the same font file works on Macintosh and Windows computers), and its ability to support widely expanded character sets and layout features, which provide richer linguistic support and advanced typographic control.

The OpenType format is an extension of the TrueType SFNT format that also can support Adobe® PostScript® font data and new typographic features. OpenType fonts containing PostScript data, such as those in the Adobe Type Library, have an .otf suffix in the font file name, while TrueType-based OpenType fonts have a .ttf file name suffix.

OpenType fonts can include an expanded character set and layout features, providing broader linguistic support and more precise typographic control. Feature-rich Adobe OpenType fonts can be distinguished by the word “Pro,” which is part of the font name and appears in application font menus. OpenType fonts can be installed and used alongside PostScript Type 1 and TrueType fonts.

One cross-platform font file

Any OpenType font uses a single font file for all of its outline, metric, and bitmap data, making file management simpler. In addition, the same font file works on Macintosh and Windows computers. As a result, OpenType lets you move font files back and forth between platforms with noticeable improvement in cross-platform portability for any documents that use type.

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The bitmap, outline, and metric data are combined into a single, cross-platform file in an OpenType font, simplifying font management.

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Create a Font from Scans or else Drawings!


February 9th, 2010

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Difference Of Postscript Vs Truetype


February 5th, 2010

In the Beginning of the Postscript:

Adobe introduced Postscript in 1985 & put the computer world in a tizzy. Postscript is a scaleable font system that is compatible with Postscript printers. It allows users to see fonts on the screen the same way they would be printed – this was the first WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get).TrueType Vs Postscript Up until this time fonts were in the form of bitmaps and were not screen scaleable. Adobe had cornered the market, desktop publishers and graphic artists had to buy into Adobe’s font system if they wanted screen scaleable fonts.

Not much, really. Postscript fonts use an algebraic function of cubic polynomials whereas TrueType uses a quadratic polynomial. TrueType may be faster in the printing process but as computer processors get faster that difference will soon be unnoticeable. The real difference lies in how the fonts are managed by the computer. TrueType fonts contain complete packs of information on the fonts, while Postscript fonts contain some information, but the brains are located within the Adobe Type Manager (ATM) — free if you purchase any of Adobe’s programs.

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Find out how TrueType fonts vary from other formats?


February 3rd, 2010
Description:
TrueType fonts are one-half of the TrueType font technnology originally designed by Apple Computer but widely associated with the Microsoft Windows platform. The other part of the technology is the TrueType rasterizer software built into Mac and Windows operating systems which allows for the display and printing of TrueType fonts.

Like other digital typefaces, the TrueType font file contains information such as outlines, hinting instructions, and character mappings (which characters are included in the font). Available for both the Mac and Windows formats, there are slight differences in the TrueType fonts designed for each OS therefore Mac and Windows users cannot share TrueType fonts.

In Addition They Also Known As: .TTF (Windows) | SFNT (Mac)


Interchange Spellings: Truetype


Examples:

“Under Windows, the icon for TrueType fonts is a dog-eared page with two overlapping Ts. All Windows TrueType fonts have a .ttf extension. For Macintosh, a TrueType file icon appears as a dog-eared page with three letter As in progressively larger sizes.”

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How To Add Brushes To Gimp?


February 2nd, 2010

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What is PostScript Type 1 Fonts?


January 29th, 2010

Description:

PostScript fonts are based on the Adobe PostScript language. There are lots of font formats. Type 1 fonts, one of the PostScript formats, are presently widely used in desktop publishing. Type 1 fonts use a subset of the PostScript language. Type 1 font files consist of two files — a screen font with bitmap information for on-screen display and a file with outline information for printing the font. For commercial printing, both of the Type 1 font files must be included with the application file.

Due to differences in their structure, Mac and Windows PostScript Type 1 fonts are not cross-platform compatible.

In addition they also known as: PostScript fonts | PS fonts

Examples: “Each Windows Type 1 font will have a .pfm (Printer Font Metrics, your screen font) and a .pfb (Printer Font Binary, your printer font) file. The icon for both files is a dog-eared page with a lower case script a (for Adobe). On a Mac, the bitmap font icon appears as a dog-eared page with the letter A. The outline file icon appears as a letter A front of horizontal lines.”

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