We must limit ourselves to eight character names, for compatibility with DOS filesystems and the ISO 9660 standard used for CD-ROM distribution. Names may consist of only the letters (monocase a-z), numerals (0-9), and underscore.
Here is the basic division of the eight characters (the spaces here are merely for readability):
S TT W [V...] [N] [E] [DD]
where
The weight, variants, and width are probably all best taken from the original name of the font, instead of trying to relate them to some external standard.
The supplier is the source of a font, typically a (digital) type foundry.
You should use the supplier letter which matches the supplier you obtained the font from, not the original source; for example, Avant Garde was designed by Herb Lubalin for ITC, but Adobe also sells it. The name of the font that you get from Adobe should start with `p'. This is because font resellers typically make modifications to the original design.
Notes on specific suppliers:
Here is the table from the file `supplier.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation, directory name, and comment.
9 unknown a autologi Autologic b bitstrea Bitstream c cg Compugraphic d dtc Digital Typeface Corporation e apple Apple f public small foundries g gnu Free Software Foundation h bh Bigelow & Holmes i itc International Typeface Corporation k softkey SoftKey l linotype Linotype m monotype Monotype n ibm IBM o corel Corel p adobe Adobe (`p' for PostScript) r - raw (for [obsolete] use with virtual fonts) s sun Sun t paragrap ParaGraph u urw URW z - bizarre (fontname is nonstandard) - jknappen Joerg Knappen
For our purposes, a typeface is a collection of related fonts.
We sometimes use the same typeface abbreviation for fonts with different supplier names, where we know (usually by inspection) that the fonts truly are the same. This helps conserve abbreviations.
Notes on specific typefaces:
Here is the table, from the file `typeface.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and directory name, possibly followed by PostScript `FontName's and/or a comment in roman. The `FontName' may be preceded by a letter s and a `:', as in `b:Dutch'. In that case, the s is a supplier abbreviation, and we've used that abbreviation for the given `FontName' from that supplier.
a1 arial Arial a2 amasis Amasis a3 adlib AdLib a4 altgoth2 AlternateGothicNo2 a5 allegro Allegro a6 amelia Amelia a7 amertext AmericanText a8 aurora Aurora a9 adsans Adsans b:Humanist970BT aa aachen Aachen ab aboeckli ArnoldBoecklin ac acaslon ACaslon Adobe Caslon ad agaramon AGaramond Adobe Garamond ag avantgar AvantGarde m:MAvantGardeGothicPS u:URWGothicL ah ashleysc AshleyScript ai abadi Abadi al albertus Albertus b:Flareserif821BT am amercana Americana b:Americana an anna Anna ao atqolive AntiqueOlive b:Incised901BT ap apollo Apollo aq antiqua Antiqua u:URWAntiqua m:BookAntiqua ar arcadia Arcadia as aldus Aldus at atypewri AmericanTypewriter au auriol Auriol b:Freeform721 av avenir Avenir az azdzgrot AkzidenzGrotesk b:Gothic725BT b0 blackoak Blackoak b1 blado Blado b2 binnyos BinnyOldStyle b3 braggado Braggadocio b4 bison Bison b:Brush738BT b5 binghams BinghamScript b:Freehand591BT b6 block Block b:Gothic821 b7 bernhard Bernhard BernhardModern b8 blippo Blippo b9 bremen Bremen bb bembo Bembo b:Aldine401BT bc banco Banco bd bodoni Bodoni be bell Bell bf biffo Biffo bg benguiat Benguiat bh bauhaus Bauhaus bi birch Birch bk bookman Bookman m:MBookmanPS u:URWBookmanL bl belwe Belwe bm bulmer Bulmer bn bernard Bernard bo balloon Balloon bp bodocamp BodoniCampanile b:Modern735 br berling Berling b:Revival565BT bs bakersig BakerSignet bt boton Boton bu brush Brush bv baskervi Baskerville bw broadway Broadway by berkeley Berkeley c0 carolina Carolina c1 calisto Calisto c2 casln224 CaslonTwoTwentyFour c3 caslon3 CaslonThree c4 chicago Chicago c5 casln540 CaslonFiveForty c6 clarion Clarion c7 compacta Compacta c8 calvert Calvert c9 codex Codex b:Calligraphic421BT ca caslon Caslon cb cooper Cooper cc cascade Cascade b:Freehand471BT cd clarendo Clarendon ce centenni Centennial cf clearfac Clearface cg charlema Charlemagne ch charter Charter ci candida Candida cl cloister Cloister cm cm Computer Modern cn century Century co cochin Cochin cp copperpl Copperplate cq cheq Cheq cr courier Courier m:MCourierPS m:CourierTwelveMT u:NumbusMonL cs cntursbk CenturySchoolbook ct cheltenh Cheltenham cu centuros CenturyOldStyle cv clairvx Clairvaux cw cottonwd Cottonwood cx caxton Caxton cy city City b:SquareSlabserif711BT cz choc Choc b:Staccato555BT d0 davida DavidaBold dc domcasl Dom DomCasual DomDiagonal dd ducberry DucDeBerry de dellarob DellaRobbia di diotima Diotima b:Calligraphic810BT dl dolores Dolores dm delima Delima dr doric Doric ds dorchesc DorchesterScript dt dante Dante e0 embassy Embassy e1 empire Empire ea lectra Electra b:Transitional521BT eb baskerbe BaskervilleBE ec applecha e:AppleChancery ee egyptian Egyptian EgyptianExtended ef egyptien EgyptienneF eg stgaramo StempelGaramond b:OriginalGaramondBT eh engsft Engschrift ei esprit Esprit ek eckmann Eckmann b:Freeform710 el ellingtn Ellington en engraver Engravers eo amerigo Amerigo b:AmerigoBT er eras Eras es eurostil Eurostile b:Square721BT k:Minima et ehrhardt Ehrhardt eu euler Euler ex exclsior Excelsior f0 flemishs FlemishScript f1 fournier Fournier f2 facade Facade f3 festival Festival f4 footligh Footlight f5 french French fa formata Formata fe forte Forte ff fairfld Fairfield b:Transitional551BT fg frankgth FranklinGothic fi figaro Figaro fl flora Flora fn fenice Fenice fo folio Folio fq frizquad FrizQuadrata fr frutiger Frutiger b:Humanist777BT fs falstaff Falstaff ft fettefrk FetteFraktur Fraktur fu futura Futura fx felixttl FelixTitling fy flyer Flyer g0 gando Gando g1 gothic13 GothicThirteen g2 giddyup Giddyup g3 garamon3 GaramondThree b:AmercianGaramondBT Garamond No. 3 g4 gymodern GoudyModern g5 gycatalg GoudyCatalogue g6 gorilla GorillaITC g9 ugaramon GaramondRetrospective gb gothicbb GothicBBB ge geneva e:Geneva gg garthgra GarthGraphic gj granjon Granjon b:ElegantGaramondBT gl galliard Galliard gm garamond Garamond go gyoldsty GoudyOldStyle gp glypha Glypha gq grotesq Grotesque u:URWGrotesk gr gloucest Gloucester gs gillsans GillSans m:GillAltOneMT b:Humanist521BT gt goudytxt GoudyText gu guardi Guardi gv giovanni Giovanni gy goudy Goudy h0 handelgo HandelGothic hb hobo Hobo Tramp hc herculnm Herculanum hd headline Headline hg hiroshig Hiroshige hi hvinsera HelveticaInserat b:Swiss921BT hm charme Charme hn hvneue HelveticaNeue ho horleyos HorleyOldStyle hr hvround HelveticaRounded hs hnseati Hanseatic B:Swiss924BT ht hoeflert e:HoeflerText hv helvetic Helvetica u:NimbusSans u:NumbusSanL b:Swiss721BT b:Monospace821BT b:Swiss911BT d:Sans Newton n:SonoranSansSerif hw schadow Schadow hx huxleyvr HuxleyVertical i0 commscr CommercialScript i1 impress Impress i2 impuls Impuls ia insignia Insignia ib ibycus Ibycus ic impact Impact if inflex Inflex ig scgaramo SimonciniGaramond b:ItalianGaramond ii imprint Imprint il caecilia Caecilia im imago Imago in industri Industria io ionic Ionic b:News701BT ip impressm Impressum is italnos ItalianOldStyle it italia Italia iw ironwood Ironwood iy iowanold IowanOldStyle jf jeffersn Jefferson b:Freehand575BT jn janson Janson jo joanna Joanna jp juniper Juniper kb kabel Kabel kg bankgoth BankGothic kl klang Klang kn kino Kino ko bookmano BookmanOldStyle kr korinna Korinna ks kuenstsc KuenstlerScript ku kaufmann Kaufmann l1 liberty Liberty l2 libra Libra l3 lucia Lucia l4 lucian Lucian lb lubaling LubalinGraph lc lucida Lucida lf life Life lg lettrgth LetterGothic ISILGothic lh lubright LucidaBright li latin Latin ln lino Lino lo lithos Lithos ls lucsans LucidaSans lt lutetia Lutetia lw leawood Leawood lx lucidfax LucidaFax ly lydian Lydian m0 monospac Monospace m1 monolisc MonolineScript m2 metro Metro b:Geometric415BT m3 mirarae Mirareae m4 mrearl MisterEarl m5 murrayhl MurrayHill m6 mittlsft Mittelschrift m7 matura Matura m8 monotyos MonotypeOldStyle ma mandate Mandate b:Freehand521BT mc monaco e:Monaco md meridien Meridien me mercursc MercuriusScript mg marigold Marigold mh machine Machine mi medici Medici ml melior Melior b:ZapfElliptical711BT mn minion Minion mo modern Modern b:Modern20BT mp memphis Memphis b:GeometricSlab703BT mq mesquite Mesquite mr madrone Madrone ms mistral Mistral b:Staccato222BT mt minister Minister mv malvern Malvern mx maximus Maximus mz amazone Amazone n0 normande Normande n1 binner Binner na newaster NewAster nb nbaskerv NewBaskerville nc ncntrsbk NewCenturySchlbk u:CenturySchL nd ncaledon NewCaledonia nf nofret Nofret ng newsgth NewsGothic ni nimrod Nimrod nk neograph Neographik nl neuland Neuland b:Informal011BT nm nimbus Nimbus nn nclarend NewClarendon np nsplanti NewsPlantin nr nberolin NewBerolina ns timesnps TimesNewRomanPS nt timesnew TimesNewRoman m:TimesNR n:SonoranSerif nu nuptial Nuptial nv novarese Novarese nz neuzeits NeuzeitS b:Geometric706BT o0 oldreadf OldDreadfulNo7 o1 oranda Oranda o2 orbitb OrbitB o3 colonna Colonna o4 oceansan OceanSans o7 oldsty7 OldStyleSeven oa ocra OCR-A ob ocrb OCR-B oc concorde Concorde oe oldengli OldEnglish b:English157 oi ondine Ondine Mermaid b:FormalScript421BT ol colmcill Colmcille om omnia Omnia on corona Corona op optima Optima d:Optimum b:ZapfHumanist601BT Omega or orator Orator os oldstyle OldStyle ot coronet Coronet b:Ribbon131BT ov octavian Octavian ox onyx Onyx oy olympian Olympian l:OlympicLH oz ozhandcr OzHandicraft p0 poplar Poplar p1 palacesc PalaceScript p2 pepita Pepita p3 palette Palette b:Brush445BT p4 pioneer PioneerITC p5 piranesi Piranesi p6 blueprin Blueprint pa parkave ParkAvenue pb ptbarnum PtBarnum pc poetica PoeticaChancery s:Scriptoria pd placard Placard pe prestige PrestigeElite pf profile Profile Profil b:Decorated035BT pg peignot Peignot b:Exotic350BT ph photina Photina pi pi pi fonts--see text and `*.map' files pl palatino Palatino d:Palton b:ZapfCalligraphic801BT u:URWPalladioL Palmspring k:Palindrome pn plantin Plantin b:Aldine721BT po ponderos Ponderosa pp perpetua Perpetua b:Lapidary333BT pq postatqa PostAntiqua ps parisian Parisian pt present Present pu popplaud PopplLaudatio pw perrywoo Perrywood px popplpfx PopplPontifex py playbill Playbill pz poliphil Poliphilus qr quorum Quorum qt boulevar Boulevard r0 romana Romana r1 rotis RotisSemi r2 cantoria Cantoria ra raleigh Raleigh ro rotis Rotis rm carmina Carmina rp reporter Reporter rq russelsq RussellSquare rs arrus Arrus rt carta Carta ru runic Runic rv revue Revue rw rockwell Rockwell Slate b:GeometricSlab712BT ry ryumin Ryumin s0 sanmarco SanMarco s1 scotchro ScotchRoman s2 script Script s3 seagull Seagull s4 shotgun Shotgun ShotgunBlanks s5 snell Snell s6 stuyvesa Stuyvesant s7 sassoon Sassoon sb sabon Sabon b:ClassicalGaramondBT sc slimbach Slimbach sf serifa Serifa sg serifgth SerifGothic sh shannon Shannon sk skia e:Skia sl stencil Stencil sm spectrum Spectrum sn spartan Spartan so sonata Sonata sp serpenti Serpentine sr snellrnd SnellRoundhand ss stschnei StempelSchneidler s8 stonesan StoneSans si stoneinf StoneInformal st stone Stone sv souvenir Souvenir sw swing Swing sx syntax Syntax sy symbol Symbol m:MSymbolPS u:StandardSymL t0 tango Tango t1 thunderb Thunderbird t2 typo TypoUpright tb bebodoni BBodoni Berthold Bodoni te timeseur TimesEuropa tf tiffany Tiffany tg tradegth TradeGothic ti techphon TechPhonetic tj trajan Trajan tk tekton Tekton tl castella Castellar tm times Times u:NimbusRoman u:NimbusRomNo9L b:Dutch801BT to torino Torino b:Industrial736BT tp tempo Tempo tv trumpmed TrumpMediaeval b:Kuenstler480BT tw twentyc TwentiethCentury ty typewrit Typewriter u0 columbus Columbus ub babodoni BauerBodoni ug bengugth BenguiatGothic uh cushing Cushing ul universa Universal um umbra Umbra un univers Univers b:ZurichBT ur centaur Centaur b:Venetian301BT ut utopia Utopia uw usherwoo Usherwood uy universi University v0 vineta Vineta va activa Activa vc vectora Vectora vd vandijck VanDijck vi victoria Victoria vj veljovic Veljovic vl versaill Versailles vr vagrnd VAGRounded w0 weddingt WeddingT wb walbaum Walbaum wd weideman Weidemann wg wlklgth WilhelmKlingsporGotisch wi wingding Wingdings wk wilke Wilke wn windsor Windsor wr wittenbe WitternbergerFrakt ws weiss Weiss ww willow Willow yg centuryg CenturyGothic yh strayhor Strayhorn ym stymie Stymie za zantiqua ZAntiqua zc zapfchan ZapfChancery m:ZapfChanceryPS u:URWChanceryL zd zapfding ZapfDingbats m:ZapfDingbatsPS u:Dingbats zg neuzeitg NeuzeitGrotesk zt zeitgeis Zeitgeist
The weight of a font specifies its boldness. Arranged from lightest to heaviest (more or less):
hairline, extra light, light book, regular, medium demibold, semibold, bold, extra bold, heavy black, ultra, poster
Here is the table, from the file `weight.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and any parts of a PostScript `FontName' which use that abbreviation.
a Thin Hairline b Bold c Black d Demi h Heavy Heavyface j ExtraLight k Book l Light m Medium p Poster r Regular Roman s Semibold u Ultra UltraBlack x ExtraBold ExtraBlack
Variants include typeface variations (e.g., italic, sans serif), and font encodings (e.g., Adobe standard, TeX text).
A fontname may require multiple variants. To resolve the worst ambiguities, we specify that any encoding variant (`7', `8', or `9', see below) come last and any other numeral variant come first (to avoid confusion with a design size). We recommend but do not require that the other variants be given in alphabetical order. (It's not required because it's too painful to implement the sorting in TeX, and many existing names already have non-alphabetized variants.)
The letterspacing possibilities introduced by fontinst and
virtual fonts have not yet become sufficiently widespread to make
standardization beneficial. Likewise for the many possible ways to
generate small caps fonts.
Notes on specific variants, both old and new:
\lslash and \Lslash macros can be made to work via
ligatures. See the file `T1.etx' file in the fontinst
distribution for details.
If a name does not contain a specific encoding variant, its encoding is
unspecified. For example, some of the fonts distributed with Dvips(k)
have names like `ptmr' for `Times-Roman'; they use the Dvips
encoding (see section `dvips.enc': Dvips encoding), which is close to (but not the same
as) the TeX text encoding (as in Computer Modern Roman). Similarly,
the TFM files distributed with Dvilj(k) for the builtin LaserJet 4 fonts
have names like `cunm', since these fonts, while compatible with
TeX text, contain many additional characters.
Fontname 1 assignments are shown in brackets in the following table, from the file `variant.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and either any parts of a PostScript `FontName' which use that abbreviation or the PostScript `Encoding' name.
obsolete [0=>8a] Adobe standard encoding obsolete [1 SemiSans] obsolete [2=>7c] Fraktur encoding obsolete [3=>7f] Fraction obsolete [4 fax; now typeface `lx', Lucida Fax] 5 escape for (presently) phonetic encodings 6 escape for Cyrillic encodings [was `SemiSerif'] 7 escape for (mostly) 7-bit encodings 8 escape for (mostly) 8-bit encodings 9 escape for (presently) expert encodings [was oldstyle digits] a Alt Arrows Alternative [was alternate encoding] obsolete [b bright; now typeface lh, Lucida Bright] c SmallCaps d Display Titling Caption Headline TallCaps SwashCaps LombardicCaps e Engraved Copperplate Elite f Fraktur Gothic OldEnglish Handtooled (`gothic' can also be sans) g SmallText designed for small sizes [was grooved, as in the IBM logo] h Shadow i Italic Kursiv Ital text italic j old-style digits [was invisible] k Greek obsolete l Outline OpenFace Blanks m math italic n Informal Fashion Schlbk for Stone o Oblique Obl slanted p Ornaments obsolete [q=>8t Cork (TeX extended) encoding] r roman or sans; often omitted, see text s Gothic sans serif t Monospace fixed-width typewriter u unslanted italic v MathExtension w Script Handwritten Swash Calligraphy Cursive Tango x built with Adobe expert encoding [was expert-encoded] y MathSymbol z Cyrillic font-dependent Cyrillic 5a PhoneticAlternate 5i PhoneticIPA 5s sil-IPA 6b Cyrillic part of ISO 8859-5, seven bits 6d Cyrillic CP866 encoding 6i ISO 8859-5 6k Cyrillic KOI-8 encoding 6m Cyrillic Macintosh encoding 6w Cyrillic CP1251 encoding 7a A alternate characters only 7c Dfr Fraktur 7d OsF OSF oldstyle digit encoding 7f Fraction 7k OT2Cyrillic 7m TeXMathItalicEncoding see section `texmital.enc: TeX math italic encoding' 7t TeX text encoding (as in Computer Modern Roman) 7v TeXMathExtensionEncoding see section `texmext.enc: TeX math symbol encoding' 7y TeXMathSymbolEncoding see section `texmsym.enc: TeX math symbol encoding' 82 GreekKeys 83 Ibycus1 84 Ibycus2 8a StandardEncoding Adobe standard encoding, see section `8a.enc: Adobe standard encoding' 8c TeXTextCompanion LaTeX's TS1 8m Macintosh standard encoding 8r TeXBase1Encoding see section `8r.enc: TeX base encoding' 8t CorkEncoding see section `cork.enc: Cork encoding' 8u XT2Encoding cmtt + Latin 2, see `xl2.enc' 8w Windows 3.1 ANSI encoding 8x Expert expert encoding 8z XL2Encoding cmr + Latin 2, see `xl2.enc' 9c expert + Text companion 9d expert + oldstyle digits + Cork 9e expert + Cork 9o expert + oldstyle digits + TeX text 9s SF SuperFont 9t expert + TeX text
The width of a font specifies the compression or expansion of the font. Arranged from narrowest to widest (more or less):
ultra compressed, extra condensed, compressed, condensed, narrow regular extended, expanded, wide
Expansion or compression of fonts is sometimes done automatically (as by
the PostScript scale operator), and sometimes done by humans. In
the latter case, the human will also presumably choose a font name which
includes `Extended' or `Expanded' or `Condensed' or `Narrow' or whatever
according to their own preferences; the abbreviation can follow along.
When creating a new synthetically expanded or compressed font for use
with TeX, e.g., with Afm2tfm or fontinst, use `n' and
`e'.
Here is the table, from the file `width.map'. It is organized alphabetically by abbreviation. Each line consists of an abbreviation and any parts of a PostScript `FontName' which use that abbreviation.
c Condensed Cond e Expanded n Narrow o UltraCondensed p Compressed Compact q ExtraCompressed ExtraCondensed r Normal Medium Regular (usually omitted) t Thin u UltraCompressed v ExtraExpanded more than Expanded, less than Wide w Wide x Extended Elongated