It can also contain either spline (TTF-style) or Bezier (PostScript Type 1-style) curves, so hopefully you’re getting the shapes the font was originally designed in and not a potentially-poorer-quality conversion. OTF is more likely to be a “better” font, as it supports more advanced typesetting features (smallcaps, alternates, ligatures and so on actually inside the font rather than in fiddly separate expert set fonts). The OpenType font format is supported by Mac OS X and Windows 2000 and later. It combines aspects of PostScript and TrueType font formats and is fully scalable, meaning the font can be resized without losing quality.

oft)Īn OTF file is a font format developed by Adobe and Microsoft. WOFF (Web Open Font Format) OTF format (OpenType. Many different font formats you have seen, but most commonly when buying a font online you will get either one of more of the following formats:ģ.