OpenType Font
Also known as PostScript OpenType Font, Open Font Format, OFF, OTF
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. Derived from TrueType, it retains TrueType's basic structure but adds many intricate data structures for describing typographic behavior. OpenType is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Key facts
- File format.name
- OpenType
- File format._noextcode
- on
- File format.extensions
- .otf, .otc, .ttf, .ttc
- File format.type code
- OTTO
- File format.uniform type
- public.opentype-font
- File format.owner
- Microsoft, Adobe Systems
- File format.latest release version
- 1.9
- File format.genre
- Font file
- File format.extended from
- TrueType, PostScript fonts
- File format.standard
- ISO/IEC 14496-22:2019
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
~31 min read
Article
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Open Font Format
- Unicode Variation Sequences
- Color fonts
- Collections
- Font Variations
- Description
- OpenType support
- Basic Roman support
- Extended language support
- Advanced typography
- OpenType Feature File
- Layout tags
- Script tags
- Language system tags
- Feature tags
- Baseline tags
- Math
- Color
- SING gaiji solution
- See also
- References
- External links
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. Derived from TrueType, it retains TrueType's basic structure but adds many intricate data structures for describing typographic behavior. OpenType is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
The specification germinated at Microsoft, with Adobe Systems also contributing by the time of the public announcement in 1996.