| This file contains a list of various font formats. It gives the | |
| reference document and whether it is supported in FreeType 2. | |
| file type: | |
| The only special case is `MAC'; on older Mac OS versions, a `file' | |
| is stored as a data and a resource fork, this is, within two | |
| separate data chunks. In all other cases, the font data is stored | |
| in a single file. | |
| wrapper format: | |
| The format used to represent the font data. In the table below it | |
| is used only if the font format differs. Possible values are `SFNT' | |
| (binary), `PS' (a text header, followed by binary or text data), | |
| `LZW' (compressed with either `gzip' or `compress'), and | |
| `BZ2' (compressed with `bzip2`). | |
| font format: | |
| How the font is to be accessed, possibly after converting the file | |
| type and wrapper format into a generic form. Bitmap formats are | |
| `BDF', `PCF', and one form of `WINFNT'; all others are vector | |
| formats. | |
| font type: | |
| Sub-formats of the font format. `SBIT' and `MACSBIT' are bitmap | |
| formats, `MM' and `VAR' support optical axes. | |
| glyph access: | |
| If not specified, the glyph access is `standard' to the font format. | |
| Values are `CID' for CID-keyed fonts, `SYNTHETIC' for fonts which | |
| are modified versions of other fonts by means of a transformation | |
| matrix, `COLLECTION' for collecting multiple fonts (sharing most of | |
| the data) into a single file, and `TYPE_0' for PS fonts which are to | |
| be accessed in a tree-like structure. | |
| FreeType driver: | |
| The module in the FreeType library which handles the specific font | |
| format. A missing entry means that FreeType doesn't support the | |
| font format (yet). | |
| Please send additions and/or corrections to wl@gnu.org or to the | |
| FreeType developer's list at freetype-devel@nongnu.org (for subscribers | |
| only). If you can provide a font example for a format which isn't | |
| supported yet please send a mail too. | |
| file wrapper font font glyph FreeType reference | |
| type format format type access driver documents | |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| --- --- BDF --- --- bdf 5005.BDF_Spec.pdf, X11 | |
| --- SFNT PS TYPE_1 --- type1 Type 1 GX Font Format | |
| (for the Mac) [3] | |
| MAC SFNT PS TYPE_1 --- type1 Type 1 GX Font Format | |
| (for the Mac) [3] | |
| --- SFNT PS TYPE_1 CID cid 5180.sfnt.pdf (for the Mac) | |
| [3] | |
| MAC SFNT PS TYPE_1 CID cid 5180.sfnt.pdf (for the Mac) | |
| [3] | |
| --- SFNT PS CFF --- cff OT spec, 5176.CFF.pdf | |
| (`OTTO' format) | |
| MAC SFNT PS CFF --- cff OT spec, 5176.CFF.pdf | |
| (`OTTO' format) | |
| --- SFNT PS CFF CID cff OT spec, 5176.CFF.pdf | |
| MAC SFNT PS CFF CID cff OT spec, 5176.CFF.pdf | |
| --- SFNT PS CFF SYNTHETIC --- OT spec, 5176.CFF.pdf | |
| MAC SFNT PS CFF SYNTHETIC --- OT spec, 5176.CFF.pdf | |
| --- SFNT TT SBIT --- sfnt XFree86 (bitmaps only; | |
| with `head' table) | |
| --- SFNT TT MACSBIT --- sfnt OT spec (for the Mac; | |
| bitmaps only; `bhed' table) | |
| MAC SFNT TT MACSBIT --- sfnt OT spec (for the Mac; | |
| bitmaps only; `bhed' table) | |
| --- SFNT TT --- --- truetype OT spec (`normal' TT font) | |
| MAC SFNT TT --- --- truetype OT spec (`normal' TT font) | |
| MAC SFNT TT VAR --- truetype GX spec (`?var' tables) | |
| --- SFNT TT --- COLLECTION truetype OT spec (this can't be CFF) | |
| MAC SFNT TT --- COLLECTION truetype OT spec (this can't be CFF) | |
| --- --- PS TYPE_1 --- type1 T1_SPEC.pdf | |
| (`normal' Type 1 font) | |
| MAC --- PS TYPE_1 --- type1 T1_SPEC.pdf | |
| (`normal' Type 1 font) | |
| --- --- PS TYPE_1 CID cid PLRM.pdf (CID Font Type 0; | |
| Type 9 font) | |
| --- --- PS MM --- type1 5015.Type1_Supp.pdf | |
| (Multiple Masters) | |
| --- --- PS CFF --- cff 5176.CFF.pdf (`pure' CFF) | |
| --- --- PS CFF CID cff 5176.CFF.pdf (`pure' CFF) | |
| --- --- PS CFF SYNTHETIC --- 5176.CFF.pdf (`pure' CFF) | |
| --- PS PS CFF --- --- PLRM.pdf (Type 2) [1] | |
| --- PS PS CFF CID --- PLRM.pdf (Type 2) [1] | |
| --- PS PS CFF SYNTHETIC --- PLRM.pdf (Type 2) [1] | |
| --- --- PS --- TYPE_0 --- PLRM.pdf | |
| --- --- PS TYPE_3 --- --- PLRM.pdf (never supported) | |
| --- --- PS TYPE_3 CID --- PLRM.pdf (CID Font Type 1; | |
| Type 10 font; never supported) | |
| --- PS PS TYPE_14 --- --- PLRM.pdf (Chameleon font; | |
| Type 14 font; never supported?) | |
| --- --- PS TYPE_32 CID --- PLRM.pdf (CID Font Type 4; | |
| Type 32 font; never supported?) | |
| --- PS TT --- --- type42 5012.Type42_Spec.pdf | |
| (Type 42 font) | |
| --- PS TT --- CID --- PLRM.pdf (CID Font Type 2; | |
| Type 11 font) | |
| --- ? ? CEF ? cff ? | |
| --- --- PCF --- --- pcf X11 [4] | |
| --- LZW PCF --- --- pcf X11 [4] | |
| --- BZ2 PCF --- --- pcf X11 [4] | |
| --- --- PFR PFR0 --- pfr [2] | |
| --- --- PFR PFR1 --- --- (undocumented, proprietary; | |
| probably never supported) | |
| --- --- WINFNT --- --- winfonts Windows developer's notes [5] | |
| --- --- WINFNT VECTOR --- --- Windows developer's notes [5] | |
| [1] Support should be rather simple since this is identical to `CFF' but | |
| in a PS wrapper. | |
| [2] Official PFR specification: | |
| http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec.html | |
| http://www.bitstream.com/categories/developer/truedoc/pfrspec1.2.pdf | |
| The syntax of the auxiliary data is not defined there, but is | |
| partially defined in MHP 1.0.3 (also called ETSI TS 101812 V1.3.1) | |
| section 7.4. | |
| http://www.etsi.org/ | |
| http://webapp.etsi.org/workprogram/Report_WorkItem.asp?WKI_ID=18799 | |
| (free registration required). | |
| [3] Support is rudimentary currently; some tables are not loaded yet. | |
| [4] See | |
| THE X WINDOW SYSTEM SERVER: X VERSION 11, RELEASE 5 | |
| Elias Israel, Erik Fortune, Digital Press, 1992 | |
| ISBN 1-55558-096-3 | |
| for a specification given in Appendix D on pgs. 436-450. However, | |
| this information might be out of date; unfortunately, there is no | |
| PCF specification available online, and this book is out of print. | |
| George Williams deduced the font format from the X11 sources and | |
| documented it for his FontForge font editor: | |
| http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/pcf-format.html | |
| [5] This is from MS Windows 3; see Microsoft's Knowledge Base article at | |
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/65123 | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| Copyright 2004-2015 by | |
| David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg. | |
| This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, | |
| modified, and distributed under the terms of the FreeType project | |
| license, LICENSE.TXT. By continuing to use, modify, or distribute this | |
| file you indicate that you have read the license and understand and | |
| accept it fully. | |
| --- end of formats.txt --- |