The XeTeX engine developed by Jonathan Kew merges modern font technologies and Unicode with TeX.

And the International Business Machines Corporation has given its blessing to Adobe but made it clear that there is also room for Microsoft's font technology.

Comparing Type 1 and Truetype font technology is difficult because Truetype has not been released by Microsoft.

Stroke-based Fonts Fupport - Uses a proprietary stroke-based font technology that uses a library of common components, called "radicals", that appear in characters repeatedly.

It is designed for distortable font technologies (e.g.: Multi Master fonts).

Microsoft, the largest maker of software for personal computers, announced that it had acquired rights to Apple's scalable font technology.

His company's computers will continue to support Adobe's print, display and font technology, he said.

But he said I.B.M. would incorporate Adobe's font technology across its product line, from personal computers to mainframes.

Jeff Atwood's post from yesterday comparing the two font technologies side-by-side generated rather predictable heat: Apple users liked Apple's system, while Windows users liked Microsoft's system.

The URW++ has become a leading developer of digital font technology, designing open source fonts as well as custom typefaces for businesses.