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Fonts describe how text looks (as opposed to how the characters are represented in text, which is the area of [[Character Encoding]]s). There are a number of formats that describe fonts for computers.  
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Fonts describe how text looks (as opposed to how the characters are represented in text, which is the area of [[character encoding]]s). There are a number of formats that describe fonts for computers.  
  
 
== Font formats ==
 
== Font formats ==
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* [[Amiga bitmap font]]
 
* [[Amiga bitmap font]]
 
* [[BDF]]
 
* [[BDF]]
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* [[BRFNT]]
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* [[ByteMap font format]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20171031202737/http://bmf.wz.cz/bmf-format.htm]
 
* [[Calamus Font]] (.cfn)
 
* [[Calamus Font]] (.cfn)
 
* [[ChiWriter font]]
 
* [[ChiWriter font]]
 
* [[CHR (Borland font)]]
 
* [[CHR (Borland font)]]
* [[CID]], [[TFM]], [[OFM]], [[OVF]], [[OVP]], [[MetaFont]] TeX Fonts and support data
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* [[CID]], [[TFM]], [[OFM]], [[OVF]], [[OVP]], [[Metafont]] - TeX Fonts and support data
 
* [[CPI]]
 
* [[CPI]]
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* [[Daisy-Dot font]]
 
* [[Data Fork Suitcase font]] (OS X, .dfont)
 
* [[Data Fork Suitcase font]] (OS X, .dfont)
 
* [[dfont]]
 
* [[dfont]]
* [[EOT|Embedded OpenType]]
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* [[Embedded OpenType]] (EOT)
 
* [[F3 font]]
 
* [[F3 font]]
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* [[FIGlet font]]
 
* [[FNT (Windows Font)]]
 
* [[FNT (Windows Font)]]
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* [[FontLab]] (.vfb)
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* [[Fontographer]] (.fog)
 
* [[FON]] (Windows Font with NE/PE container)
 
* [[FON]] (Windows Font with NE/PE container)
 
* [[Font Suitcase]] (Mac pre-OS X, uses resource fork)
 
* [[Font Suitcase]] (Mac pre-OS X, uses resource fork)
 
* [[GEM bitmap font]] (.fnt)
 
* [[GEM bitmap font]] (.fnt)
 
* [[GEOS Font]]
 
* [[GEOS Font]]
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* [[GRASP font]]
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* [[HEX (Unifont)]]
 
* [[IntelliFont]]
 
* [[IntelliFont]]
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* [[Interlace Character Editor font]]
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* [[MPlayer bitmap font]]
 
* [[Open Font Format]]
 
* [[Open Font Format]]
 
* [[OpenType]] (.otf)
 
* [[OpenType]] (.otf)
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* [[PaintJet soft font]] (.pjf)
 
* [[PC Screen Font]]
 
* [[PC Screen Font]]
 
* [[PCF]]
 
* [[PCF]]
* [[PFF2]]
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* [[PFF2]] (.pf2)
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* [[PFR]] (TrueDoc)
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* [[PK font]]
 
* [[PostScript font]]
 
* [[PostScript font]]
 
* [[sfnt]]
 
* [[sfnt]]
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* [[Signum font]]
 
* [[SNF]]
 
* [[SNF]]
 
* [[Speedo]] (.spd)
 
* [[Speedo]] (.spd)
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* [[Spline Font Database]] (.sfd)
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* [[TexFont]] (.txf)
 
* [[TheDraw font]] (.tdf)
 
* [[TheDraw font]] (.tdf)
 
* [[TrueType]] (.ttf)
 
* [[TrueType]] (.ttf)
* [[WOFF|Web Open Font Format]]
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* [[Unified Font Object]] (.ufo, .ufoz)
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* [[WOFF|Web Open Font Format]] (WOFF)
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* [[WFN (font format)|WFN]]
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* [[XFT]] Expert 3D Font
  
See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Font_formats Wikipedia] for more.
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== Font metrics ==
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* AFM, PFM: See [[Adobe Type 1]]
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* [[TeX Font Metrics]] (.tfm)
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== Glyph formats ==
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* [[Glyph Interchange Format]] (.glif)
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

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