The (preliminary) TrueType HOWTO

Brion Vibber, brion@pobox.com

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Disclaimer
• 1.2 Credits
• 1.3 Document History
• 1.4 Feedback
• 1.5 Distribution

2. What is TrueType?

3. Printing

• 3.1 PostScript Printers
• 3.2 Ghostscript

4. X Window System

• 4.1 xfstt
• 4.2 xfsft
• 4.3 Commercial font servers

5. Conversion

• 5.1 Converting to Bitmap Fonts
• 5.2 Converting to Adobe Type 1
• 5.3 Converting to Adobe Type 42

6. Applications

• 6.1 Applixware
• 6.2 The GIMP
• 6.3 Netscape Communicator
• 6.4 StarOffice
• 6.5 TeX
• 6.6 Wine, the Windows Emulator
• 6.7 WordPerfect
• 6.8 Other Applications

7. TrueType Utilities

8. Program Development

• 8.1 FreeType
• 8.2 GLTT

9. Other Issues

• 9.1 ``Smart Quotes''