# What are open type fonts?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-open-type-fonts/229831>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [June 20, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-open-type-fonts/229831 "2007-06-20T14:59:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![vthok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f05b48/32.png) [@vthok](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vthok)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-open-type-fonts/229831/1 "2007-06-20T14:59:31Z")

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Besides larger character sets what makes open type fonts different than true type?

Is one better than the other?