font variants
 

I notice on windows, a single font is composed of four or more *.ttf
files in C:\windows.

What glues these together to be considered as a single font in Java?

Does the OS have its own means?

is there something inside the ttf files crosslinking?

Is there a master file somewhere pointing to all the variants?

Does java look for fonts with similar names?
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Re: font variants
 

In article <64bkt7dj3a8sgilg1gh7jc95ms50rqqm7i@4ax.com>,
Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:

> I notice on windows, a single font is composed of four or more *.ttf
> files in C:\windows.
>
> What glues these together to be considered as a single font in Java?
>
> Does the OS have its own means?
>
> is there something inside the ttf files crosslinking?
>
> Is there a master file somewhere pointing to all the variants?
>
> Does java look for fonts with similar names?

At a guess, they are sub-family variations of style and weight. Lower
quality fonts derive such variations from a single glyph outline, while
higher quality fonts have separate definitions.

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