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See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Font_formats Wikipedia] for more. | See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Font_formats Wikipedia] for more. | ||
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* [http://comicneue.com/ Comic Neue: an attempted replacement for Comic Sans] | * [http://comicneue.com/ Comic Neue: an attempted replacement for Comic Sans] | ||
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* [http://opendyslexic.org/ Open Dyslexic font; designed to be more easily readable by dyslexics] | * [http://opendyslexic.org/ Open Dyslexic font; designed to be more easily readable by dyslexics] | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/21/dont-want-the-nsa-to-read-your-email-use Don't Want the NSA to Read Your Documents? Use This Font.] |
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| + | === Tools === | ||
| + | * [http://www.typesample.com/ Type Sample: tool for identifying and sampling web fonts] | ||
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| + | === Commentary === | ||
| + | * [http://www.dustbury.com/archives/18596 Times is on my side] | ||
* [http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming-fonts What are the best programming fonts?] | * [http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~what-are-the-best-programming-fonts What are the best programming fonts?] | ||
| + | * [http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts Top 10 programming fonts] | ||
* [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-genuinely-offensive-font-choices-that-must-be-stopped/ 5 Genuinely Offensive Font Choices That Must Be Stopped] | * [http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-genuinely-offensive-font-choices-that-must-be-stopped/ 5 Genuinely Offensive Font Choices That Must Be Stopped] | ||
| + | * [http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/tech/social-media/image-macros-memes-impact-font/ This font has a big Impact on memes] | ||
| + | * [http://opentype.info/blog/2013/07/03/color-emoji-in-windows-8-1-the-future-of-color-fonts/ Color Emoji in Windows 8.1—The Future of Color Fonts?] | ||
| + | * [http://thenextweb.com/dd/2013/12/23/science-behind-fonts-make-feel/ The science behind fonts (and how they make you feel)] | ||
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| + | === Humor === | ||
| + | * [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole I'm Comic Sans, Asshole!] | ||
| + | * [http://pixelambacht.nl/2015/sans-bullshit-sans/ Sans Bullshit Sans: leveraging the synergy of ligatures] | ||
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| + | === Other links === | ||
| + | * O'Reilly, "Fonts and Encodings", Yannis Haralambous, ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5 | ||
* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/417863689/travelling-font-salesman-typographic-book Travelling Font Salesman - Typographic Book] | * [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/417863689/travelling-font-salesman-typographic-book Travelling Font Salesman - Typographic Book] | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2014/01/30/creatingafont.html Creating a font from a classic comic] | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/01/30/creatingafont.html Creating a font from a classic comic] | ||
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* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/ Webfonts: Making Wikimedia projects readable for everyone] | * [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/03/07/webfonts-making-wikimedia-projects-readable-for-everyone/ Webfonts: Making Wikimedia projects readable for everyone] | ||
* [http://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts Typography in 8 bits: System fonts] | * [http://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts Typography in 8 bits: System fonts] | ||
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* [http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/docs/formats.txt FreeType 2: Supported Font Formats] | * [http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/docs/formats.txt FreeType 2: Supported Font Formats] | ||
* [https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/fonts Magic sequences for font formats recognized by file command] | * [https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/fonts Magic sequences for font formats recognized by file command] | ||
* [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3 KB3013455 (MS15-010) causes font corruption (Windows)] | * [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_update/kb3013455-ms15-010-causes-font-corruption/8640d38d-19bd-46b6-9af0-6213c05107d3 KB3013455 (MS15-010) causes font corruption (Windows)] | ||
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Revision as of 16:01, 1 March 2015
Fonts describe how text looks (as opposed to how the characters are represented in text, which is the area of Character Encodings). There are a number of formats that describe fonts for computers.
- Acorn Font
- Adobe Type 1 (PostScript Type 1, ATM, .pfb, .pfm, .afm)
- Amiga bitmap font
- BDF
- ChiWriter font
- CHR (Borland font)
- CID, TFM, OFM, OVF, OVP, MetaFont TeX Fonts and support data
- Data Fork Suitcase font (OS X, .dfont)
- dfont
- Embedded OpenType
- F3 font
- FNT (Windows Font)
- FON (Windows Font with NE/PE container)
- Font Suitcase (Mac pre-OS X, uses resource fork)
- GEOS Font
- IntelliFont
- Open Font Format
- OpenType (.otf)
- PC Screen Font
- PCF
- PostScript font
- sfnt
- SNF
- Speedo (.spd)
- TheDraw font (.tdf)
- TrueType (.ttf)
- Web Open Font Format
See Wikipedia for more.
Contents |
Links
Fonts
- Comic Neue: an attempted replacement for Comic Sans
- Open Dyslexic font; designed to be more easily readable by dyslexics
- Don't Want the NSA to Read Your Documents? Use This Font.
Tools
Commentary
- Times is on my side
- What are the best programming fonts?
- Top 10 programming fonts
- 5 Genuinely Offensive Font Choices That Must Be Stopped
- This font has a big Impact on memes
- Color Emoji in Windows 8.1—The Future of Color Fonts?
- The science behind fonts (and how they make you feel)
Humor
Other links
- O'Reilly, "Fonts and Encodings", Yannis Haralambous, ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5
- Travelling Font Salesman - Typographic Book
- Creating a font from a classic comic
- Webfonts: Making Wikimedia projects readable for everyone
- Typography in 8 bits: System fonts
- FreeType 2: Supported Font Formats
- Magic sequences for font formats recognized by file command
- KB3013455 (MS15-010) causes font corruption (Windows)
