Introduction

In Windows 95, enhancements to TrueType 1.0 improve font performance and appearance, and support international typography. The following TrueType enhancements are summarized in this article:

Better Font Performance

32 Bit Rasterizer: Faster and better hinting and rendering

Embedded Bitmaps: Combine contours and bitmaps in one font file

TrueType Collections: Share glyph sets among fonts

Better Font Appearance

Vertical Font Metrics: Layout of vertical text

Gray Scale Font Rasterization: Render smooth and sharp glyphs

Better Support for International Typography

Windows Glyph List 4: New "Pan-European" character set

Codepages: Better codepage classification and design

Unicode: 16 bit character code representation

TrueType OS/2 Table: Identify the scripts in a font

TrueType Open: Support for International Typography