True-Type

TRUETYPE

Window's built-in "outline" font technology. It works by taking a mathematical description of a font's outline and using it to "paint in" on-the-fly screen and printer representations. The printed appearance is true to the displayed appearance, hence "true-type". True-type fonts are stored in two files, with the extensions .TTF and .FOT. To install a TTfont, copy the .TTF file into the directory where the font files are stored (C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM). Then use Control Panel to ADD the font: Control Panel creates the .FOT file and adds a line to WIN.INI that enables Windows to initialize the font at start-up. A typical font-entry looks like: Arial (TrueType)=ARIAL.FOT