Postscript is all but gone, and today, newer font standards such as TrueType and OpenType rule the roost. Here's how we got from desktop PostScript in the early '80s to today. When the Mac first ...

Fancy typography doesn’t require expensive software. Thanks to the OpenType font format, the newest versions of everyday software (and the pro stuff) can tap into a ...

When the OpenType font format was announced more than 12 years ago, one of its most promising features was a new level of intelligence built into the font. The idea was that the font could ...

As the bugs targeted by minor releases to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard become increasingly specific, it’s easy to become complacent about the possibility of an update introducing a new problem. That, ...

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If you create documents or graphics for your clients in your business, you can install and use custom fonts to make your designs more interesting. TrueType technology -- TTF extension -- was developed ...

With Apple's next-generation operating system, Lion, looming, Apple isn't slowing development of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The company recently unveiled fixes for displaying OpenType fonts and printing ...

Adobe has announced that they will end support for creating content with Type 1 fonts by January 2023. Here's how you can prepare to make the shift to more widely supported formats. It's always ...

Improvements to CSS3, in particular a revival of the @font-face directive for linking to server-based fonts, promise to allow designers to deliver richer and more nuanced typography on the Web. And ...

As competitors, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe are normally hard-pressed to agree with each other, and it’s especially rare when design is involved. But two weeks ago, these four frenemies signed ...