periodic table of the font elements

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.otf
OpenType Font File
.ttf
TrueType Font File
PostScript = CFF TrueType (TTF)
(TrueType = TTF)
Flavour

Glyphs: x³-Bézier splines Glyphs: x²-Bézier splines

adobe (microsoft) microsoft, adobe
Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows

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.pfb .pfm .afm .inf .pfa
PostScript Font Binary PostScript Font Metric Adobe Font Metric Information Printer Font ASCII
.woff .otw .eot .dfont .ttc
Web Open Font Format OpenType Webfont Embedded OpenType Data Fork Suitcase Format TrueType Collection
PostScript Type 1 PostScript Type 1 PostScript Type 1 PostScript Type 1 PostScript Type 1 TrueType, PostScript TrueType, PostScript TrueType, PostScript TrueType/QuickDraw GX TrueType
Glyph data Font metric information Metric information (ascii) Font information (ascii) ascii version of PFB Webfont generic Webfont extension Webfont Multiple fonts container
adobe adobe adobe adobe adobe van blokland/leming/kew ascender microsoft, ascender apple microsoft, adobe
Files

Windows Windows Mac OS, Linux Windows, DOS Linux Firefox Internet Explorer et al Internet Explorer Mac OS X Mac OS, Windows

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exp sc osf lf
Expert (Set) Small Caps Old Style Figures Lining Figures
tf
Tabular Figures
alt text head d
Alternates Text Headline Display
sh
Supertype
sb
Bodytype see OpenType
web offc xsf esq
Webfont Office Excellent Screen Font Exhanced Screen Font
Attributes

Typographic features TrueType TrueType

PostScript Type 1 PostScript PostScript PostScript, TrueType PostScript, TrueType PostScript (TrueType) PostScript PostScript, TrueType PostScript PostScript, TrueType PostScript, TrueType .woff, .eot, .otw, … OpenType (TTF)
Special character addition Standard glyph variant Standard figures variant Standard figures variant Standard figures variant Glyph variants Optical size Optical size Optical size Optical size Optical size Optimized for screen Optimized for MS Office Manual hinting ++ Manual hinting +++
adobe et al adobe et al adobe et al adobe et al adobe et al fontfont et al fontfont et al various URW scangraphic scangraphic fontfont et al fontfont linotype linotype
Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Firefox, Internet Explorer Mac OS, Windows Windows Windows, Macintosh

64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 – 79 80 81 82 83 84 85
oT STd pro com w1g WGL glb
OpenType Standard Professional Communication World Glyph Set 1 Windows Glyph List 4 Global Font see OpenType
ce balt turk gr cyr ipa
Central European Baltic Turkish Greek Cyrillic Int. Phonetic Alphabet
Language support
Products

OpenType OpenType OpenType OpenType OpenType OpenType, TrueType OpenType, TrueType PostScript, TrueType PostScript, TrueType PostScript, TrueType PostScript, TrueType PostScript, TrueType PostScript, TrueType
Western languages 21+ languages 33+ languages 48 languages 56 languages 56 languages + DOS-glyphs latin + non latin languages Language variant Language variant Language variant Language variant Language variant Phonetic glyph set
various manufacturers various manufacturers various manufacturers linotype linotype monotype urw ++ adobe et al fontfont et al fontfont et al adobe et al adobe et al various
Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows, DOS Mac OS, Windows, DOS Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows

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a*i bb
Alphabets Bo Berndal
BEBerthold
bt
Bitstream
ca
Creative Alliance
cs
Castle Systems
ck
Chank Fonts
df dtl
Device Fonts Dutch Type Library
ef
Elsner + Flake
fb
Font Bureau
fd
Font Diner
ff
FontFont
fd
Fonthead
fs
Fontsmith
gd
Galápagos Design
gf
GarageFonts
hi
House Industries

semiotx bigg, hålet berthold direct corp. bitstream agfa compugraphic castle type the chank co devicefonts dutch type library e + f fontinform the font bureau font diner fsi fontshop intern. fonthead design fontsmith galápagos design group garagefonts house industries
Galena, Illinois, USA Stockholm, Sweden (Berlin) Chicago Cambridge, MA, USA Wilmington, MA, USA San Rafael, CA, USA Minneapolis, MN, USA London, UK ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL Langeln, D Boston, MA, USA Eau Claire, WI, USA Berlin, Germany Wilmington, DE, USA London, UK Littleton, MA USA Sandy Spring, MD, USA Yorklyn, DE, USA
est. 1986 est. 1994 est. 1858 est. 1981 est. 1995 est. 1990 est. 1996 est. 1993 est. 1990 est. 1985 est. 1989 est. 1996 est. 1990 est. 1994 est. 1999 est. 1994 est. 1993 est. 1994

104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121
HFJ itc
Hoefler Frere-Jones Int. Typeface Corp.
lh
Linotype-Hell
lT
Linotype
mt
Monotype
ot p22 pn psy pt ptl SG
OurType P22 Type Foundry Panache Psy/Ops Présence Typo primetype ScanGraphic
st t26 tb
Stormtype T.26 2Rebels
tf urw vllg
Treacyfaces URW++ Village
Libraries

hoefler & frere-jones monotype imaging linotype-hell ag linotype monotype imaging ourtype castle type panache graphics psy/ops type foundry présence typo primetype elsner + flake storm type foundry t.26 digital type foundry 2rebels treacyfaces design & development village type & design
New York, NY, USA Woburn, MA, USA (Eschborn) Bad Homburg, D Surrey, GB De Pinte, B Buffalo, NY, USA Essex, UK San Francisco, CA, USA Embrun, F Berlin, D Hamburg, D Praha, CZ Chicago, IL, USA Montréal, CAN West Haven, CT, USA Hamburg, D Brooklyn, NY, USA
est. 2004 est. 1970 1990 – 1997 est. 1997 est. 1887 est. 2002 est. 1994 est. 1993 est. 1995 est. 2000 est. 2002 est. 1989 est. 1993 est. 1994 est. 1995 est. 1984 est. 1996 est. 2005

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N F D I Q K T H u A B O P E L Y C W

v. 1.1, Nov 2009; © FontShop, Design: FontShop; Typefaces FF Unit, FF Unit Rounded, FF Unit Slab
Access all alternates Contextual Alternates Stylistic Alternates Standard Ligatures Contextual Ligatures Discretionary Ligat. Historical Forms Historical Ligatures Unicase Small Capitals Capitals → Small Caps Capitals → Petite Caps Petite Capitals Case Sensitive Forms Mathematical Greek Titling Swash Contextual Swash
Typographic feature: AALT Typographic feature: CALT Typographic feature: SALT Typographic feature: LIGA Typographic feature: CLIG Typographic feature: DLIG Typographic feature: HIST Typographic feature: HLIG Typographic feature: UNIC Typographic feature: SMCP Typographic feature: C2SC Typographic feature: C2PC Typographic feature: PCAP Typographic feature: CASE Typographic feature: MGRK Typographic feature: TITL Typographic feature: SWSH Typographic feature: CSWH
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Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows

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Fractions Alternative Fractions Ordinals Numerators Denominators Scientific Inferiors Superscript Subscript Oldstyle Figures Lining Figures Proportional Figures Tabular Figures Slashed Zero Optical Size Localized Forms Alt. Annotation Forms Ornaments Stylistic Set 1 – 20
Features

Typographic feature: FRAC Typographic feature: AFRC Typographic feature: ORDN Typographic feature: NUMR Typographic feature: DNOM Typographic feature: SINF Typographic feature: SUPS Typographic feature: SUBS Typographic feature: ONUM Typographic feature: LNUM Typographic feature: PNUM Typographic feature: TNUM Typographic feature: ZERO Typographic feature: SIZE Typographic feature: LOCL Typographic feature: NALT Typographic feature: ORNM Typographic feature: SSnn
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Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows

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.abr
Ordinal number

R w c e g h k a j Name Abbreviation
Abbreviation
Encodings

Euro symbol included Western Central European Latin Extended Greek Greek polytonic Cyrillic Arabic Hebrew Font format TrueType (TTF)
Currency glyph support Basic language support Extended language support Extended language support Extended language support Extended language support Extended language support Extended language support Extended language support Explanation Glyphs: x²-Bézier splines
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Company microsoft
Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows Mac OS, Windows
Operating system Mac OS, Windows