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RJ Emery · 11-23-2011, 07:29 AM

I am working with Font Navigator 6. In the lists of fonts, each font is identified by a symbol to the its left. TT obviously stands for TrueType, but what does the italized O represent?

On my XP Pro SP3 system, is there any advantage of having both TT and O files installed for the same typeface? Or is that redundant as I would suspect?

LoisWakeman · 11-23-2011, 09:38 AM

At a guess, OpenType.

As long as your applications support it, then yes, redundant.

Howard Allen · 11-23-2011, 05:38 PM

What Lois says. All other factors being equal, you'd want the OpenType font, because it's more versatile (lots of extra characters, "swash" options, etc.).

11-23-2011, 07:29 AM	#1
RJ Emery Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 239	Font Family Symbol I am working with Font Navigator 6. In the lists of fonts, each font is identified by a symbol to the its left. TT obviously stands for TrueType, but what does the italized O represent? On my XP Pro SP3 system, is there any advantage of having both TT and O files installed for the same typeface? Or is that redundant as I would suspect? __________________ RJ Emery, Eastern USA WordPerfect 8 User on XP Pro SP3 System OCR ScanSoft PaperPort SE v9 on Brother MFC-8840DN Printer/Scanner/Fax

11-23-2011, 09:38 AM	#2
LoisWakeman Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Uplyme, Devon, England Posts: 1,294	At a guess, OpenType. As long as your applications support it, then yes, redundant. __________________ Lois Wakeman http://lois.co.uk http://communicationarts.co.uk http://i4info.blog.co.uk

11-23-2011, 05:38 PM	#3
Howard Allen Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 735	What Lois says. All other factors being equal, you'd want the OpenType font, because it's more versatile (lots of extra characters, "swash" options, etc.). __________________ Howard OSX 10.6.8

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