Warning lights go off whenever I hear, "that is the *only* technology for serious XYZ'ing"... sounds like you've talked to someone who is zealous or has industry-placed blinders, or maybe both :) Granted, I'm no font expert, so it is easy for me to make such claims =P However, on my Mac, .ttf files are recognized as Windows fonts, LOL!
Ben PS - The font suitcase is what most of my OS X fonts are packaged as, FWIW. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType also, if you have not already; and... you may like http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ ;) On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:16 PM, marbux <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Harald Sundt <[email protected]> wrote: > > OpenType ".otf" fonts: I use Open Office on my Linux and Windows Xp > > partitions on my laptop and Neo Office on my Mac > > > > I am thinking about tracking down OpenType fonts because they are > > cross-platform and I am told they are the only thing for serious > publishing. > > > > I take it my Mac is full of Apple's TrueType and Adobe's Type 1 fonts. > > > > Should I track down the meat and potatoes fonts in OpenType format? > > OTF is still young technology, having achieved ISO/IEC standardization > only a couple of years ago. Support for it in applications is spotty > at best. I suggest investigating whether the specific applications you > wish to use support its advanced typographical features. (E.g., > OpenOffice.org is pretty much a typesetting disaster to begin with.) > If not, I doubt you'll see any substantial improvement over TTF and > Type 1. Promising technology, but it will take time for it to be > widely implemented. > > Wikipedia has a fairly good article about OTF including its state of > implementation. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Type>. Probably > helpful to read before you start work with a search engine. > > Best regards, > > Paul > >
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