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Posted by cristian butcovich in
5 Aug 2010 — 11:31am
5 Aug 2010 — 11:31am
Hi everyone,
could any one of you help me out to really and once and for all understand the file nomenclature use for fonts?
For example this one
CorinthianT
Is the T stands for "Text" or it stands for one of the many publisher or type foundry?
Please advise
Thank you very much
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5 Aug 2010 — 11:47am
It would be nice if there were a standard, but I don't think that is the case. Sometimes 'T' would indicate Tabular numerals that line up. Sometimes it could be the weight, like Text, Bold, Ultra. It can often be the foundry designation, like ScriptMT, which originates with Monotype (MT), or 'BT', which is usually Bitstream. 'LT' is usually Linotype.
I think the purpose is to identify font files with a unique name, especially for families, so that the software picks the right file in PS1 fonts that use two files to create the entire font data. That's my understanding, at least.
- Mike Yanega
5 Aug 2010 — 12:24pm
I agree with you if some sort of standardization would be adopted in the future could help sort out this things.
I knew about the LT MT and so on but the T seems to call out for Text but I am not sure. I have find it in many font family, but can figure out what is the purpose of it.
Thank you Mike
Cristian
5 Aug 2010 — 2:56pm
According to http://www.sanskritweb.net/fontdocs/typeworks1.pdf, "Kûrzel in obigen Schriftnamen: T = Text-Schrift, D=Display-Schrift".
6 Aug 2010 — 12:18am
It's a URW typeface. In their nomenclature:
T=Text
D=Display
P=Poster
Cheers,
T
6 Aug 2010 — 1:45am
See also this great list by Yves:
The abbreviatd typographer
6 Aug 2010 — 1:11pm
Thank you all for your input.
I will check the links and also to respond to Thomas post, yes I noticed that many URW typefaces use that sort of nomenclature. So I guess when I see that sort of naming system I should assume it is a URW typeface.
Again thank you all very much for time.
Cheers
Cristian
6 Aug 2010 — 6:51pm
"So I guess when I see that sort of naming system I should assume it is a URW typeface."
Most likely, yes—though of course there are a lot of typefaces out there!
Cheers,
T