The Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType, also known as Adobe FDKO or simply AFDKO, is a font development kit (FDK),
a
set
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Science, technology, and mathematics Mathematics
*Set (mathematics), a collection of elements
*Category of sets, the category whose objects and morphisms are sets and total functions, respectively
Electro ...
of
command-line
A command-line interpreter or command-line processor uses a command-line interface (CLI) to receive commands from a user in the form of lines of text. This provides a means of setting parameters for the environment, invoking executables and pro ...
tools freely distributed by
Adobe
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for editing and verifying
OpenType
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. It was built on its predecessor TrueType, retaining TrueType's basic structure and adding many intricate data structures for prescribing typographic behavior. OpenType is a registered trademark ...
font
In metal typesetting, a font is a particular size, weight and style of a typeface. Each font is a matched set of type, with a piece (a "sort") for each glyph. A typeface consists of a range of such fonts that shared an overall design.
In mod ...
s. It does not offer a
glyph
A glyph () is any kind of purposeful mark. In typography, a glyph is "the specific shape, design, or representation of a character". It is a particular graphical representation, in a particular typeface, of an element of written language. A g ...
editor, but focuses on tools for manipulating font metrics,
kerning
In typography, kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. Kerning adjusts the space between individual letterforms, while tracking (letter-spacin ...
and other
OpenType features. AFDKO runs on Microsoft Windows,
Linux
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and macOS, and licensed under the
Apache License.
References
;General
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Ken Lunde
Ken Roger Lunde (, born 12 August 1965 in Madison, Wisconsin)Lunde, 2008. is an American specialist in information processing for East Asian languages.
Academic Background
Ken majored in linguistics at University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985, w ...
, ''CJKV Information Processing'', Edition 2, O'Reilly Media, 2008, , pp. 447–450
External links
AFDKO– Official GitHub repository
Typophile page on Adobe FDK
Font Development Kit
Graphics libraries
Typography software
Font editors
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