Am Montag, 5. Juli 2010 22:14:40 schrieb Gregory Pittman: > On 07/05/2010 02:38 PM, mick crane wrote: > > can somebody remind me what the difference is between true type fonts, > > postscript fonts, etc and useability. > > This is a large question. There are, of course, many many different file > formats for fonts. The ones which are of most use in DTP are going to be > > PostScript Type 1 > TrueType > OpenType > > because they are easy to find, all scalable, and can therefore print > with very high resolutions. Scribus can use all 3 types, but needs to > make sure the font has all the necessary information; if it doesn't it's > considered broken. > > Also, just because a font isn't broken doesn't mean it's any good for > any particular purpose. > > In general, Scribus can embed a PS1 or TTF font, maybe not an OTF (at > this time), but there is a workaround for this. It's very important when > you use a font to know what you are allowed to do with it, according to > its licence -- some may forbid you to embed them, for example. > > PS1 fonts are limited to 256 characters (glyphs), so if you need a font > with various foreign-language glyphs you may have to look elsewhere. TTF > and OTF are not limited by design, but that doesn't mean the font was > created with all the glyphs you need. Some fonts even have designs for > small caps versions of letters. > > Greg
In addition, I recommend to read the Wikipedia article on OpenType, which contains links to articles on TTF and Type 1, as well as external sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenType HTH Christoph
