What does "LT" stand for?

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7 total messages Started by Nick_Moreno Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:56

#184

Author: Nick_Moreno
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:56

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Looking over Adobe's font list (http://www.adobe.com/products/fontfolio/pdfs/fontfolio11_font_list.pdf), I noticed that many fonts have "LT" attached to their names, e.g. "Helvetica LT Std Black."

What does "LT" mean?

Thanks,
Nick

Re: What does "LT" stand for?

#185

Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:07

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LT => Linotype, the font library from which the font was originally sourced by Adobe.

- Dov

Re: What does "LT" stand for?

#186

Author: Nick_Moreno
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:24

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Does this mean that the font included in this package is not the "original" Helvetica (i.e. the ubiquitous one seen all over billboards, business signs, flyers, etc...)?

Re: What does "LT" stand for?

#187

Author: Dov Isaacs
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:33

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It is essentially the same Helvetica font that was included in the original Adobe PostScript printers. That font was also sourced from Linotype. The difference is that the Helvetica LT fonts are OpenType CFF fonts, not simple Type 1 fonts. The design is the same.

- Dov

Re: What does "LT" stand for?

#188

Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:25

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You may also occasionally come across "LT" to mean "Light" as a font weight.

Neil

Re: What does "LT" stand for?

#189

Author: Thomas_Phinney
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:11

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yes, although usually that won't be all caps - "Lt" instead of "LT"

Re: What does "LT" stand for?

#190

Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:59

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Thomas,

It's a good thing Bitstream fonts are BT. <g>

Neil

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