Technical Details of TrueType Fonts in Software Library

Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q85202

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

Microsoft Windows version 3.1 supports TrueType, a scalable font technology developed by Apple Computer and adapted to Windows by Microsoft.

Download TTF_SPEC.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

      Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download TTF_SPEC.EXE

Internet (anonymous FTP)

      ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get TTF_SPEC.EXE

"The TrueType Font Files Specifications" is a 400-page book that details the following:

How to construct a TrueType font from scratch (or build a font construction tool)
The TrueType programming language
The format of each subtable in the .TTF file and illustrations of table contents.

The TrueType specification is available in Microsoft Windows Help file format. Windows 3.1 is required to view this document.

Additional reference words: 3.10 softlib TTF_SPEC.EXE
KBCategory: kbprg kbfile
KBSubcategory: GdiTt

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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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