WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUETYPE AND POSTSCRIPT FONTS?
TrueType is a font file format that has come into widespread use in recent years – especially on the Windows platform. TrueType fonts, like their PostScript counterparts, are scalable – they define the outlines of the characters in such a way as to allow them to be printed (or displayed onscreen) at a variety of sizes, without their becoming jagged on the edges. All the resources you need to display the typeface are contained within a single file. The PostScript specification of scalable fonts was first popularized in the infancy of desktop publishing, when Apple introduced its first LaserWriter printer. The PostScript format was created by Adobe Systems, which also markets some of the finest quality PostScript fonts available. Managing PostScript fonts is slightly more complicated than managing TrueType fonts, for the simple reason that each font has two component files. Bitmap fonts are used as “place-holders” for onscreen display, but are unsuitable for final output. Printer fonts,
