00-overview.md

Overview

This "CommonType" document has three purposes:

• To provide a formal description of commonly used font formats.
• To describe best practices, methods and algorithms for producing and consuming font information.
• To provide a possible way forward for development of a new font format.

Related documentation

    { "atn5176": {
        "title": "The Compact Font Format Specification: Adobe Technical Note #5176",
        "href": "https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/5176.CFF.pdf",
        "publisher": "Adobe Systems Incorporated",
        "date": "4 December 2003"
    },
    "atn5177": {
        "title": "Adobe Technical Note #5177",
        "href": "https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/font/pdfs/5177.Type2.pdf",
        "publisher": "Adobe Systems Incorporated",
        "date": "4 December 2003"
    },
    "msot": {
        "title": "The OpenType Specification",
        "href": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/"
    },
    "type1": {
        "title": "Adobe Type 1 Font Format",
        "publisher": "Addison Wesley",
        "date": "1991",
        "isbn": "0-201-57044-0"
    }
}

The following documents may be consulted for further information:

• The OpenType Specification [[msot]]

• The Compact Font Format Specification [[atn5176]]

• Type 2 Charstring Format [[atn5177]]

• Adobe Type 1 Font Format [[type1]]

• Adobe Technical Note #5087: "Multiple Master Font Programs for the Macintosh."

• Adobe Technical Note #5088: "Font Naming Issues." Discusses general font name issues.

• The Adobe Glyph List Specification.