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What does "LT" stand for? [2008]

Community Beginner ,
Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

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Looking over Adobe's font list (http://www.adobe.com/products/fontfolio/pdfs/fontfolio11_font_list.pdf), I noticed that many fonts have "LT" attached to their names, e.g. "Helvetica LT Std Black."

What does "LT" mean?

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Nick

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Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

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LT => Linotype, the font library from which the font was originally sourced by Adobe.

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- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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New Here ,
Nov 03, 2023 Nov 03, 2023

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Hi, do you know what COM means. For example in this font name: Helvetica Neue LT Com 

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David

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Community Expert ,
Nov 08, 2023 Nov 08, 2023

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It's probably shorthand for Compressed.

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Nov 11, 2023 Nov 11, 2023

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I don't know exactly what it litterally means, but a font whose name ends with com is a font containing more glyphs (for more languages) than the Pro or Std version.

See here: https://www.fonts.com/support/faq/opentype-varieties

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Community Expert ,
Nov 24, 2023 Nov 24, 2023

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Comprehensive? I love reading threads from 2008!

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Nov 24, 2023 Nov 24, 2023

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Yes, but the question I answered to has been posted on November 3…

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Nov 24, 2023 Nov 24, 2023

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Oh, no, I saw that you did reply just recently! I was just going through threads since this one was back to the front page and I thought that COM might stand for compressive. Sometimes my humor doesn't come through to anyone else, but I'm living with it as best I can.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

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Does this mean that the font included in this package is not the "original" Helvetica (i.e. the ubiquitous one seen all over billboards, business signs, flyers, etc...)?

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It is essentially the same Helvetica font that was included in the original Adobe PostScript printers. That font was also sourced from Linotype. The difference is that the Helvetica LT fonts are OpenType CFF fonts, not simple Type 1 fonts. The design is the same.

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- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)

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Jan 01, 2009 Jan 01, 2009

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You may also occasionally come across "LT" to mean "Light" as a font weight.

Neil

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Enthusiast ,
Jan 02, 2009 Jan 02, 2009

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yes, although usually that won't be all caps - "Lt" instead of "LT"

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Jan 02, 2009 Jan 02, 2009

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Thomas,<br /><br />It's a good thing Bitstream fonts are BT. <g><br /><br />Neil

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