re atm rnichols cbnewsg cb att com robert k nichols writes truetype font files are at least larger than their type equivalents if you are using a disk compressor though be aware that truetype fonts will compress whereas type fonts will not they are encrypted this isn t entirely true it is true that truetype fonts are larger than their atm counterparts but atm fonts do get minimal compression running stacker report generator i get file type compression ratio ttf truetype pfb atm pfm atm metric although the metric files are small they compress quite largely and as you can see even the regular pfb files have some compression so doing the math on one such comparitive font file ttf times bytes bytes compressed pfb times bytes bytes compressed you still win out even if the atm times font isn t compressed your mileage may vary depending on compression program when heroes go down they go down fast john m grohol m s so don t expect any time to center for psychological studies equivocate the past nova univ ft lauderdale fl suzanne vega grohol novavax nova edu
