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The Type 2 Charstring Format

Overview The Type 2 format provides a method for compact encoding of glyph procedures in an outline font program. Type 2 charstrings must be used in a CFF (Compact Font Format) or OpenType font file to create a complete font program. This document only describes how Type 2 charstrings are encoded, and does not attempt to explain the reasons for choosing various options. Compared to the Type 1 format, the Type 2 encoding offers smaller size and an opportunity for better rendering quality and performance. The Type 2 charstring operators are (with one exception) a superset of the Type 1 operators.

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Publisher	Adobe Systems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	March 2000	Downloads	47
Format	White Papers
Topics	Programming Languages

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