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TrueType

TrueType is an outline font standard developed by Apple in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript. It has become the most common format for fonts on the classic Mac OS, macOS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Developed by
Apple
Extended from
SFNT
Extended to
OpenType
Filename extension
.ttf & .tte (for EUDC usage) for Microsoft Windows, .dfont for macOS
Internet media type
font/ttf · font/sfnt · application/x-font-ttf · application/font-sfnt (deprecated)
Type code
TFIL

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Hinting language

Embedding protection

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TrueType

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples155
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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TrueType

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related to history · 38
TrueType → Adobe, Adobe's, All, Apple, Apple LaserWriter, Apple's, Apple's QuickDraw, As, At, Bass, CEO, Courier, During, Font/DA Mover, For, Geneva, Helvetica, ITC Bookman, ITC Chancery, John Warnock
related to Adoption by Microsoft · 20
TrueType → Apple, Arial, ClearType, Courier, Courier New, Helvetica, In, LCD, Microsoft, Monotype, Monotype Imaging, On, PostScript, Subsequent, This, Times New Roman, Times Roman, To, TrueType's, Windows
see also · 14
TrueType → Apple Type Services, ClearTypeCore TextDatafork TrueTypeEmbedded TrueType, FreeFontGraphite, New Macintosh, Nonzero-ruleOnline, Old Macintosh, Open, SIL, TypefaceTypographyUnicode, Unicode, Unicode Imaging, UTF-8, Web Open Font FormatWorldScript, Windows
related to Collection · 12
TrueType → Chinese, Classic Mac OS, Collection, In, Japanese, Korean, Mac OS, The, They, TrueType Collection, TTC, Windows
related to Macintosh and Microsoft Windows · 10
TrueType → Adobe's Type, Apple's, Increasing, Mac OS, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft's ClearType, OpenType, While, Windows
related to Basic · 9
TrueType → An OpenType, EUDC, EUDCEDIT, EXE, In, OpenType, PostScript, TTE, Windows
related to Linux and other platforms · 8
TrueType → Apple, David Turner, FreeType, ISO, Linux, Patent, The FreeType, Until May
related to Hinting language · 7
TrueType → Although, Each, FOR, IF, Special, These, WHILE-type
related to Outlines · 7
TrueType → Bézier, However, PostScript-centered, The, These, This, Type
related to Suitcase · 7
TrueType → Apple-specific, But, It, Like TTC, Mac OS, The, TTC

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fonts font apple microsoft format type opentype postscript extension macos windows adobe outlines rendering mac os file developed standard technology

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TrueTypeDeveloped byApple1.00infobox
TrueTypeExtended fromSFNT1.00infobox
TrueTypeExtended toOpenType1.00infobox
TrueTypeFilename extension.ttf & .tte (for EUDC usage) for Microsoft Windows, .dfont for macOS1.00infobox
TrueTypeInternet media typefont/ttf1.00infobox
TrueTypeInternet media typefont/sfnt1.00infobox
TrueTypeInternet media typeapplication/x-font-ttf1.00infobox
TrueTypeInternet media typeapplication/font-sfnt (deprecated)1.00infobox
TrueTypeType codeTFIL1.00infobox
TrueTypeType of formatoutline font1.00infobox
TrueTypeUniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.truetype-ttf-font1.00infobox
TrueTypeis aoutline font standard developed by Apple in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript0.90text

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