Re: ITP: ttf-summersby -- Free OpenType typeface font
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@debian.org> schrieb:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Kenshi Muto wrote:
>
>> I have a minor question, does "ttf" prefix mean "TrueType Font"?
>> I think it is better to use "otf-" prefix for OpenType Font, although
>> there are two OTF packages with ttf prefix: ttf-indic-fonts and
>
> I advised the ttf-indic-fonts maintainer to keep that name because
> opentype is just a superset of ttf. Does it make any practical difference
> to ttf-using programs if a font is ttf or otf?
I think it makes a difference for OpenType-using programs whether a font
is OpenType, and for a user whether he can find this out from the
package name.
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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