Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux
Prev
Next
8. Font Technologies
This section contains both non-usefull (nowadays) and usefull information about how font technology evolved, caracteristics of some of them, and the market dynamics that choosed the most widelly used ones.
Nowadays you probably won't find anymore Type 1 , Type 3 and Type 42 fonts.
The bottom line is: today the de-facto font standard is True Type, Linux has strong support to it with the FreeType library, and sometimes you may need some bitmap fonts for screen, but never for printing.
8.1. Bitmap Fonts
8.2. TrueType Fonts
8.3. Type 1 Fonts
8.4. Type3 Fonts
8.5. Type 42 Fonts
8.6. Type 1 vs TrueType -- a comparison
* License
