{"id":639,"date":"2016-10-12T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wipfonts.com\/en\/?p=639"},"modified":"2016-10-12T14:41:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T12:41:15","slug":"truetype-postscript-oder-opentype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wipfonts.com\/en\/truetype-postscript-oder-opentype\/","title":{"rendered":"TrueType, PostScript or OpenType?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what would be the correct font format for your usage? Here is a brief explanation of the different font formats TrueType, PostScript and OpenType.<\/p>\n<h3>PostScript \u2013 Professional Desktop Publishing<\/h3>\n<p>PostScript Type1 is the traditional font format for desktop publishing (DTP) applications such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, or QuarkXPress. There are separate versions for Mac OSX and Windows computers \u2013 please select the operating system on which you want to use the font(s).<\/p>\n<h3>TrueType \u2013 the office specialist<\/h3>\n<p>TrueType fonts are mainly used in office applications, such as the Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. They support certain features of these applications, e.g. embed fonts in the files of Word, Excel, Powerpoint. TrueType also has its own versions for Mac OSX and Windows computers \u2013 please select the operating system on which the font(s) are to be used when ordering.<\/p>\n<h3>OpenType \u2013 the evolution<\/h3>\n<p>OpenType fonts are in some ways the further evolution of PostScript and TrueType, so OpenType fonts can also be \u00abPostScript Flavored\u00bb or \u00abTrueType Flavored\u00bb. However, the OpenType PostScript flavored fonts, which can be used in desktop publishing as well as in the office area, as well as on Mac OSX AND Windows, are more widespread.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shariff shariff-align-flex-start shariff-widget-align-flex-start\" data-services=\"facebook\" data-url=\"https%3A%2F%2Fwipfonts.com%2Fen%2Ftruetype-postscript-oder-opentype%2F\" data-timestamp=\"1476283275\" data-hidezero=\"1\" data-backendurl=\"https:\/\/wipfonts.com\/en\/wp-json\/shariff\/v1\/share_counts?\"><ul class=\"shariff-buttons theme-round orientation-horizontal buttonsize-medium\"><li class=\"shariff-button facebook shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#4273c8;border-radius:1%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwipfonts.com%2Fen%2Ftruetype-postscript-oder-opentype%2F\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\";border-radius:1%; background-color:#3b5998; color:#fff\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"shariff-icon\" style=\"\"><svg width=\"32px\" height=\"20px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 32\"><path fill=\"#3b5998\" d=\"M17.1 0.2v4.7h-2.8q-1.5 0-2.1 0.6t-0.5 1.9v3.4h5.2l-0.7 5.3h-4.5v13.6h-5.5v-13.6h-4.5v-5.3h4.5v-3.9q0-3.3 1.9-5.2t5-1.8q2.6 0 4.1 0.2z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span data-service=\"facebook\" style=\"color:#3b5998\" class=\"shariff-count shariff-hidezero\"><\/span>&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"shariff-button twitter shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#595959;border-radius:1%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwipfonts.com%2Fen%2Ftruetype-postscript-oder-opentype%2F&text=TrueType%2C%20PostScript%20or%20OpenType%3F\" title=\"Share on X\" aria-label=\"Share on X\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\";border-radius:1%; background-color:#000; color:#fff\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"shariff-icon\" style=\"\"><svg width=\"32px\" height=\"20px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#000\" d=\"M14.258 10.152L23.176 0h-2.113l-7.747 8.813L7.133 0H0l9.352 13.328L0 23.973h2.113l8.176-9.309 6.531 9.309h7.133zm-2.895 3.293l-.949-1.328L2.875 1.56h3.246l6.086 8.523.945 1.328 7.91 11.078h-3.246zm0 0\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"shariff-button mailto shariff-nocustomcolor\" style=\"background-color:#a8a8a8;border-radius:1%\"><a href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fwipfonts.com%2Fen%2Ftruetype-postscript-oder-opentype%2F&subject=TrueType%2C%20PostScript%20or%20OpenType%3F\" title=\"Send by email\" aria-label=\"Send by email\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"shariff-link\" style=\";border-radius:1%; background-color:#999; color:#fff\"><span class=\"shariff-icon\" style=\"\"><svg width=\"32px\" height=\"20px\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\"><path fill=\"#999\" d=\"M32 12.7v14.2q0 1.2-0.8 2t-2 0.9h-26.3q-1.2 0-2-0.9t-0.8-2v-14.2q0.8 0.9 1.8 1.6 6.5 4.4 8.9 6.1 1 0.8 1.6 1.2t1.7 0.9 2 0.4h0.1q0.9 0 2-0.4t1.7-0.9 1.6-1.2q3-2.2 8.9-6.1 1-0.7 1.8-1.6zM32 7.4q0 1.4-0.9 2.7t-2.2 2.2q-6.7 4.7-8.4 5.8-0.2 0.1-0.7 0.5t-1 0.7-0.9 0.6-1.1 0.5-0.9 0.2h-0.1q-0.4 0-0.9-0.2t-1.1-0.5-0.9-0.6-1-0.7-0.7-0.5q-1.6-1.1-4.7-3.2t-3.6-2.6q-1.1-0.7-2.1-2t-1-2.5q0-1.4 0.7-2.3t2.1-0.9h26.3q1.2 0 2 0.8t0.9 2z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what would be the correct font format for your usage? 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