> From: Nicholas Bodley [mailto:nbodley@...]

> Where should one study to learn more about the structure of font

files? I

> would think Microsoft Typography would be one place.

Indeed. You can read the TrueType spec, or the TrueType Open spec, or
the OpenType spec (whichever you're interested in) from the MS
Typography site. You can also read the Truetype spec from Apple's site
-- it will contain information about the additional tables in Apple's
TrueTypeGX and AAT extensions to TrueType.

http://www.microsoft.com/typography
http://developer.apple.com/fonts/

Of course, if you want to read about various Adobe font formats, you'll
need to explore Adobe's site.



Peter Constable