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Font and OpenType

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Difference between Font and OpenType

Font vs. OpenType

In metal typesetting, a font was a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts.

Similarities between Font and OpenType

Font and OpenType have 22 things in common (in Unionpedia): Adobe Systems, Arabic alphabet, Computer Modern, Cyrillic script, Desktop publishing, Glyph, Kanji, Kerning, Latin alphabet, Metafont, Microsoft, Multiple master fonts, PostScript, Small caps, Swash (typography), Text figures, TrueType, Type foundry, Typeface, Typographic alignment, Typographic ligature, Writing system.

Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems Incorporated, commonly known as Adobe, is an American multinational computer software company.

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Arabic alphabet

The Arabic alphabet (الأَبْجَدِيَّة العَرَبِيَّة, or الحُرُوف العَرَبِيَّة) or Arabic abjad is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing Arabic.

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Computer Modern

Computer Modern is the original family of typefaces used by the typesetting program TeX.

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Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script is a writing system used for various alphabets across Eurasia (particularity in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and North Asia).

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Desktop publishing

Desktop publishing (abbreviated DTP) is the creation of documents using page layout skills on a personal computer primarily for print.

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Glyph

In typography, a glyph is an elemental symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purposes of writing.

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Kerning

In typography, kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet or the Roman alphabet is a writing system originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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Metafont

Metafont is a description language used to define raster fonts.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

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Multiple master fonts

Multiple master fonts (or MM fonts) are an extension to Adobe Systems' Type 1 PostScript fonts, now superseded by the advent of OpenType and, in particular, the introduction of OpenType Font Variations in OpenType 1.8, also called variable fonts.

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PostScript

PostScript (PS) is a page description language in the electronic publishing and desktop publishing business.

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Small caps

In typography, small capitals (usually abbreviated small caps) are lowercase characters typeset with glyphs that resemble uppercase letters ("capitals") but reduced in height and weight, close to the surrounding lowercase (small) letters or text figures, for example:.

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Swash (typography)

A swash is a typographical flourish, such as an exaggerated serif, terminal, tail, entry stroke, etc., on a glyph.

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Text figures

Text figures (also known as non-lining, lowercase, old style, ranging, hanging, medieval, billing, or antique figures or numerals) are numerals typeset with varying heights in a fashion that resembles a typical line of running text, hence the name.

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TrueType

TrueType is an outline font standard developed by Apple and Microsoft in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript.

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Type foundry

A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces.

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Typeface

In typography, a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features.

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Typographic alignment

In typesetting and page layout, alignment or range is the setting of text flow or image placement relative to a page, column (measure), table cell, or tab.

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Typographic ligature

In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined as a single glyph.

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Writing system

A writing system is any conventional method of visually representing verbal communication.

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Font and OpenType Comparison

Font has 111 relations, while OpenType has 140. As they have in common 22, the Jaccard index is 8.76% = 22 / (111 + 140).

References

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