Re: OpenType version of the lmodern fonts

[paivakil@gmail.com (Mahesh T. Pai)]

Florent Rougon <f.rougon@free.fr> writes:

> paivakil@gmail.com (Mahesh T. Pai) wrote:
>
>> The TrueType spec is a subset of the OpenType spec.
>
> I'm a bit puzzled. I wouldn't if you had written that a .otf file can
> contain a TrueType font, but you said instead that a .ttf file can
> contain an OpenType font. Weird.
>
> Basically, what I'd like to know is: if I ship the lmodern .otf files,
> will TrueType-aware applications be able to use them, or do we have to
> wait for OpenType-aware applications?
>

http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/otff.htm

HTH. 

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