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PostScript ® or TrueType ® Font?<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Logo Font is available in two font forms:<br />

PostScript and TrueType. Both forms are<br />

available for either Macintosh ® computers or<br />

Windows ® operating systems.<br />

What is the difference between the two forms?<br />

• In a PostScript font, any kind of curve, regardless<br />

of complexity, can be rendered. By contrast, in a<br />

TrueType font, curves must be broken down into<br />

parts of mathematical forms such as circles and<br />

ellipses. As a result of this breakdown in a True-<br />

Type font, complex curves tend to flatten and<br />

become spatulate, losing their correct, full<br />

roundness. Bumps appear, and the thickness<br />

of strokes is distorted. The examples below show<br />

the difference between the correct PostScript<br />

rendering (in red) and the degraded TrueType<br />

rending (in blue).<br />

too wide<br />

too narrow<br />

full, round flat, squashed<br />

PostScript TrueType<br />

PostScript ® or TrueType ® Font? 382.03a<br />

• Another difference is that PostScript fonts<br />

require the font utility Adobe ® Type Manager ® .<br />

The minimal version required, ATM ® Light, is<br />

available at no cost from Adobe Systems’ website:<br />

www.adobe.com.<br />

Which should be used?<br />

• In artwork, the PostScript font is required.<br />

Because of its ability to render the complex<br />

curves of the Monogram correctly with no<br />

distortion, the PostScript version of <strong>GE</strong> Logo<br />

Font is used in computer artwork prepared for<br />

high-quality reproduction, including artwork for<br />

marketing materials such as brochures, product<br />

literature, point-of sale, direct mail, and websites.<br />

• In word-processing and presentation programs used<br />

on <strong>GE</strong>’s office computers, the TrueType font is<br />

acceptable. Although the degradation in the<br />

quality of the Monogram in the TrueType version<br />

of <strong>GE</strong> Logo Font is regrettable under any<br />

circumstance, this font forms may be used when<br />

quality is not of paramount importance.<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Identity Program 382, <strong>GE</strong> Logo Font <strong>GE</strong> Identity Website: www.ge.com/identity<br />

flat<br />

bump<br />

bump<br />

PostScript TrueType<br />

flat<br />

bump<br />

flat

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