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. When the Mac first ...

If you create documents or graphics for your clients in your business, you can install and use custom fonts to make your designs more interesting. TrueType technology -- TTF extension -- was developed ...

This month’s Patch Tuesday security bulletins called attention to vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel’s font-processing engine, which had been exploited previously in Duqu and other targeted attacks ...

Most of today’s typefaces come in two major font formats: TrueType and PostScript Type 1. Both formats have limitations, which is why Adobe and Microsoft joined forces in 1997 to introduce the ...

Along with the typographic freedom Mac users have always enjoyed, there have often been strange font conflicts, inexplicable font substitutions, and even system crashes related to corrupt fonts. Mac ...

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 ...

If you keep running into unsupported fonts on your iPad or iPhone with Pages, Keynote, or another app, AnyFont is here to help. The $1.99 app lets you install additional fonts in the TrueType font ...