Not all fonts are created equal. Some fonts work better than others - depending on how and where you work. If you are a professional graphic designer, it’s a safe bet that your fonts of choice are of the PostScript Type1 variety. Over 80% of the professional quality fonts purchased for traditional design and publishing are PostScript Type1. If, however, you work in a corporate environment, if you use a “WinTel” machine, or if you do a lot of Internet publishing, then you more than likely use TrueType fonts. Both font formats have advantages and disadvantages - depending upon your needs.

Basically, if you read type on screen, TrueType has the most advantages, while high-resolution imaging is the domain of Type 1 fonts. Now OpenType proposes to give you the best of both worlds.

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