PostScript-flavored OpenType
Basic Information
Parent Format: Byte
MIME Name: font/otf
Suffix： .otf
Openness: 🆓📖
Related Sites:
- Apple Developer: TrueType Reference Manual
- Microsoft Build: OpenType overview
- Microsoft Build: OpenType Specification
Introduction
Font file format, which belongs to the OpenType font file format. But OpenType defines two specific formats, and this is one of them. It’s related to Adobe’s PostScript.
This format has various suffixes, but I generally use .otf as the suffix. There is also a way of using .otc to represent a collection of such font formats, but treating .otc as another file format.
PostScript-flavored OpenType can be used as a replacement for the PostScript Type 1 font. The PostScript Type 1 standard is old and deprecated. PostScript Type 1 related file formats are not documented here. For more about PostScript Type 1, refer to:
Besides, .otf can also be used as a suffix for TrueType-flavored fonts. If a TrueType-flavored font uses .otf, then it is considered an OTF.
More about suffix, refer to:
