When I first started working on a Mac in the 1980s, there were 2 kinds of font formats: Postscript and TrueType. Postscript fonts were used for printing. Several resided on the printer (Palatino and Times Roman, for example), while others were downloaded to the output device automatically when you hit the "Print" button in the software program you were using. TrueType fonts were intended for viewing on the computer screen, and some were included as default typefaces on your computer (Geneva, New … [Read more...] about Choosing the Correct Font Format