What is the difference between PostScript and TrueType fonts?

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Jul 27, 2003
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What is the difference between these two type of fonts. Can PostScript be used on a Windows machine or is it strickly Mac? Thanks.
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r_harvey
Jul 27, 2003
Try a Google search for PostScript TrueType Phinney < http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 &q=PostScript+TrueType+Phinney&btnG=Google+Search>.

Look for whitepapers by Thomas Phinney.

Can PostScript be used on a Windows…

Some versions of Windows can convert Type1 to TrueType; older versions require Adobe Type Manager (ATM), which is free (see the downloads page).

Type 1 font files for the Mac require some reworking to work with Windows.
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Phosphor
Jul 27, 2003
I’ve had this in my bookmarks file for quite awhile, for just such an emergency:

<http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/articles/ttvst1.htm>
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r_harvey
Jul 28, 2003
<http://www.adobe.com/type/opentype>
http://www.microsoft.com/typography <http://www.microsoft.com/typography/>
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Phosphor
Jul 28, 2003
I think this <http://www.worsleypress.com/ftp/TT_PS_OT.pdf> is the most recent version of Thomas’s article.

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