Friday, March 23, 2012

What Do Those Abbreviations in Font Names Mean?

How many times have you looked at a font name and noticed a few extra characters in there that didn't make any sense? Most likely they are an abbreviation for something. For example, Corel gets many of the fonts for CorelDRAW from Bitstream and so they'll contain BT at the end of their name. The folks at Extensis put together a comprehensive list called Abbreviations in Font Names Explained.

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