Windows Font Basics « About Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design

March 19, 2008

Filed under: Windows Font Basics — Judith @ 3:03 am

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Font FAQs
This series of Font FAQs addresses downloading, installation, and troubleshooting issues.
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Filed under: Windows Font Basics — Judith @ 3:04 am

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	Digital Font Formats
	TrueType and PostScript Type 1 fonts come in both Macintosh and Windows formats. You can’t use TrueType or Type 1 fonts for the Mac on a PC running Windows. The newer OpenType font format is cross-platform. You can use the same OpenType fonts on both Macintosh and Windows PC computers.

Filed under: Windows Font Basics — Judith @ 11:34 am

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	Resident and Soft Fonts
	The first step in understanding and using digital fonts is learning just a touch about font formats.There are two broad categories of digital fonts – resident and soft fonts.