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OpenType Info

OpenType Benefits

Improved typographic control and new layout features allow the production of expert quality documents. These are probably the most prominent benefits of OpenType fonts.

The same file works in both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. Support for multiple foreign languages within the same font is another major benefit. An OpenType font can contain more than the 256 glyphs that are the limit for traditional fonts. This allows for more language support – from Eastern European to Chinese – in a single OpenType font file. The maximum number of glyphs is over 65,000.

So who really benefits from OpenType?
• Users and organizations with complex cross platform and workflow requirements
• ad agencies with an international customer base
• organizations with multilingual requirements through global communication.

On top you get the additional typographic control and features.


How to download OpenType fonts:


If you enter the name of the desired typeface into the search field you will receive a list of all fitting fonts in all available formats.

more ... OpenType Language Support


Adobe OpenType user guide is available as pdf file. Please download:
pdf file english (997,4 kb)
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Take a look at the OpenType Top Sellers from Linotype:


Frutiger® 55 Roman (Linotype Originals)
OpenType ComOpenType ProOpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Neue Helvetica® 55 Roman (Linotype Originals)
OpenType ComOpenType ProOpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Univers® 55 Roman (Linotype Originals)
OpenType ComOpenType ProOpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Optima® Roman (Linotype Originals)
OpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Sabon® Roman (Linotype Originals)
OpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Eurostile® Extended #2 (Linotype Originals)
OpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Zapfino® Extra Regular (Linotype Originals)
OpenType Pro
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Price from: US$ 65.00
 
 
The special contextual features of this font can only function in applications that fully support OpenType!
 
     
PMN Caecilia® 55 Roman (Linotype Originals)
OpenType ComOpenType ProOpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Avenir® 35 Light (Linotype Originals)
OpenType ComOpenType ProOpenType StdWindows TrueTypeWindows PostScriptMac PostScript
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Price from: US$ 26.00
 
 
   
Caflisch Script™ Regular (Assorted Collection)
OpenType Pro
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Price from: US$ 35.00
 
 
   
 

Frutiger, Helvetica, Sabon and Univers are trademarks of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH. Avenir, Eurostile, Optima, PMN Caecilia and Zapfino are trademarks of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc.

Caflisch Script is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

OpenType is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Unicode is a trademark of Unicode, Inc.

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