Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: True Type font
True Type font
an outline font format originally developed in 1991 by Apple as a competing format to PostScript fonts. TrueType fonts are sets of mathematical descriptions of the letterforms as B-spline curves. What this means in practical terms is that it is possible to scale or size the type to practically any point size. (See vector graphics). A common competing type format is Adobe's Type 1 font format.See also OpenType.
There is a slight difference in the TrueType formats for Macintosh and PC platforms; conversion utilities can convert one to the other.
