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Re: font variants

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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.

<http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=IWS-Chapter08>

-- 
John B. Matthews
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<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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