Postscript is all but gone, and today, newer font standards such as TrueType and OpenType rule the roost. Here's how we got from desktop PostScript in the early '80s to today.

About OpenType fonts Released in 2000, the OpenType font format was intended to replace TrueType and PostScript font formats, and it dramatically extended the potential scope and intelligence of ...

“TrueType font parsing is complicated and often maintains nested code. Its handling exercises code paths that expose both user-land and kernel mode vulnerabilities,” said Kurt Baumgartner ...

OpenType allowed fonts to use either TrueType or Type 1 formats, and let a single font file work on both Mac and Windows, making documents much easier to interchange.

The recent Mac OS X 10.6.7 update is causing problems for some Mac users who rely on OpenType PostScript fonts. If you’re experiencing problems, the best workaround is to downgrade to 10.6.6, and if ...

Click "Browse," select the OpenType font file and click "Open" to select it. Select "ttf (TrueType)" in the "Select a format to convert to" box and click the "Convert" button.

A font handling bug in OS X 10.6.7 has resulted in printing and PDF creation problems when using OpenType PostScript fonts. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

Adobe has announced that they will end support for creating content with Type 1 fonts by January 2023. Here's how you can prepare to make the shift to more widely supported formats.

If you're looking to install third-party fonts on your iPhone or iPad, we detail the best font apps available today that work with apps in iOS and iPadOS.

If you've downloaded a TrueType or OpenType font, you can double click the font file to see it in a preview window. If, after inspecting the file, you decide you want to add it to your collection ...