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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.  
  
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== Font formats ==
 
* [[Acorn Font]]
 
* [[Acorn Font]]
 
* [[Adobe Type 1]] (PostScript Type 1, ATM, .pfb, .pfm, .afm)
 
* [[Adobe Type 1]] (PostScript Type 1, ATM, .pfb, .pfm, .afm)
 
* [[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]
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* [[Calamus Font]] (.cfn)
 
* [[ChiWriter font]]
 
* [[ChiWriter font]]
* [[CID]], [[TFM]], [[OFM]], [[OVF]], [[OVP]], [[MetaFont]] TeX Fonts and support data
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* [[CHR (Borland font)]]
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* [[CID]], [[TFM]], [[OFM]], [[OVF]], [[OVP]], [[Metafont]] - TeX Fonts and support data
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* [[CPI]]
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* [[Daisy-Dot font]]
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* [[Data Fork Suitcase font]] (OS X, .dfont)
 
* [[dfont]]
 
* [[dfont]]
* [[EOT|Embedded OpenType]]
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* [[Embedded OpenType]] (EOT)
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* [[F3 font]]
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* [[FIGlet font]]
 
* [[FNT (Windows Font)]]
 
* [[FNT (Windows Font)]]
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* [[FontLab]] (.vfb)
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* [[Font Mania (REXXCOM)]]
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* [[Fontographer]] (.fog)
 
* [[FON]] (Windows Font with NE/PE container)
 
* [[FON]] (Windows Font with NE/PE container)
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* [[Font Suitcase]] (Mac pre-OS X, uses resource fork)
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* [[GEM bitmap font]] (.fnt)
 
* [[GEOS Font]]
 
* [[GEOS Font]]
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* [[GRASP font]]
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* [[HEX (Unifont)]]
 
* [[IntelliFont]]
 
* [[IntelliFont]]
* [[OpenType]] (.otf)
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* [[Interlace Character Editor font]]
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* [[MPlayer bitmap font]]
 
* [[Open Font Format]]
 
* [[Open Font Format]]
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* [[OpenType]] (.otf)
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* [[PaintJet soft font]] (.pjf)
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* [[PC Screen Font]]
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* [[PCF]]
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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]]
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* [[SNF]]
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* [[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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* BSD / Sun [[vfont]]
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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)
  
==Resources==
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== Glyph formats ==
* O'Reilly, "Fonts and Encodings", Yannis Haralambous, ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5
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* [[Glyph Interchange Format]] (.glif)
* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole I'm Comic Sans, Asshole!]
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== Other formats ==
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* [[Adobe Font List]] (.lst)
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== Links ==
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=== Fonts ===
 
* [http://comicneue.com/ Comic Neue: an attempted replacement for Comic Sans]
 
* [http://comicneue.com/ Comic Neue: an attempted replacement for Comic Sans]
* [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.]
 
 
* [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://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts Top 10 programming fonts]
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* [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 ===
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* [http://www.typesample.com/ Type Sample: tool for identifying and sampling web fonts]
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=== Commentary ===
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* [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?]
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* [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]
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* [http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/tech/social-media/image-macros-memes-impact-font/ This font has a big Impact on memes]
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* [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?]
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* [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 ===
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* [http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole I'm Comic Sans, Asshole!]
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* [http://pixelambacht.nl/2015/sans-bullshit-sans/ Sans Bullshit Sans: leveraging the synergy of ligatures]
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=== Other links ===
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* 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]
* [http://thenextweb.com/dd/2013/12/23/science-behind-fonts-make-feel/ The science behind fonts (and how they make you feel)]
 
 
* [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]
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* [https://github.com/file/file/blob/master/magic/Magdir/fonts Magic sequences for font formats recognized by file command]
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* [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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