TrueType Open Fonts in Windows 95

The core system fonts in the Middle East and Far East versions of Windows 95 are TrueType Open fonts. These fonts demonstrate aspects of TrueType Open's versatility.

Middle East Windows 95

Middle East Windows 95 uses several Arabic TrueType Open fonts: fixed regular weight, proportional regular weight, fixed bold, and proportional bold. These fonts take advantage of many glyph substitution features available in TrueType Open, namely simple substitution (one-to-one contextual), ligature substitution (many-to-one), and mark set substitutions. In Middle East Windows 95, the operating system itself handles glyph substitution, using data in the GSUB table of each font.

Far East Windows 95

Far East Windows 95 also uses several Japanese TrueType Open fonts: fixed serif, proportional serif, fixed sans serif, and proportional sans serif. The Japanese fonts take advantage of a subset of TrueType Open features, including vertical glyph substitution and baseline positioning. As with Middle East Windows 95, the operating system in Far East Windows 95 will handle glyph substitution, using data in the GSUB table in each font. However, the text-processing client will need to handle baseline positioning, using data in the BASE table in each font.