User Guide

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Available formats are:
TrueType (ttf) TrueType and TrueType-flavored font format. Depending on
the OpenType export options (discussed below) FontLab may
write the additional data and tables that make the difference
between “plain” TrueType and TrueType-based OpenType
OpenType-CFF (otf)
CFF-flavored OpenType font format. Refer to the OpenType
chapter for more information about the OpenType fonts.
Type 1 binary (pfb) Single-master Type 1 font format in a binary form. This is the
format for Type 1 fonts that is expected by Windows.
Multiple Master fonts exported as single-master Type 1 fonts
are converted to a single-master font with the default weight
vector of the font.
Multiple Master
(pfb)
Multiple Master Type 1 font format. If your font is single-
master, then this selection is the same as the Type 1.
Type 1 ASCII/Unix
(pfa)
Single-master Type 1 font format in ASCII (7-bit) form. This
format is used in most UNIX systems and can be directly
downloaded into PostScript printers.
Multiple Master
ASCII/Unix (pfa)
ASCII (7-bit) form of the Type 1 Multiple Master format.
FontLab (vfb) FontLab internal font format. This format it is used when you
select the File > Save As... command.
Below the format selection list is the Options button (that opens the
Export Options dialog box) and a legend field that describes the
currently selected options for TrueType and Type 1 formats:
The last option in a dialog box allows you to install exported font. Use this
feature with caution: you cannot install the font if the font with the same
name is already installed and is used in some active application. Before
installing the font exist all applications that may use it.
FontLab installs exported font temporary. They will work as installed ones
only until system restart. To install fonts permanently you select the
Windows/Fonts folder (replace Windows with a real name of the folder
where Windows is installed).