README.md


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    Contents⊕
  
  
  Typecast
  
  File Formats
  Export Formats
  Outlines
  Advanced Typographic
  Tables
  
  
Typecast
Typecast is a Java
library for the handling of OpenType fonts.
File Formats
OpenType fonts come in a small range of file format flavours.
Typecast supports the following:

ttf - The basic TrueType font file
otf - Essentially the same as ttf, but usually contain a PostScript
outline rather than a TrueType outline
ttc - TrueType Collection file. This is a collection of fonts that
share some common tables. Often utilised by far eastern fonts to make
more efficient use of shared components
dfont - A Macintosh Font Suitcase resource file, with the resources
in the data fork - as utilised by MacOS X

Export Formats

svg - Scalable Vector Graphics font data

Outlines
Outline support includes both TrueType and PostScript Charstring Type
2 outlines.
Advanced Typographic Tables
Partial support is in place for the Advanced Typographic Tables,
specifically the GPOS and GSUB tables.