Typecast is a font development environment for OpenType font technology. Parts of the Typecast libraries are used in the Apache Batik project, for conversion from TrueType to SVG fonts.
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 Mac OS X
Here are some key features of "Typecast":
· An outline editor for both TrueType and PostScript outlines
· TrueType hinting engine
· PostScript hinting engine
· Hinting debuggers
· Font conversion utilities
· Font handling libraries for use in wider application development
