After all, modern hard drives are big enough and font files are actually some of the smallest assets in a project, especially when compared to print-resolution images, video files or even the artwork files themselves. But what if I tell you that on average OT/CFF font files are 20% to 50% smaller than comparable TrueType fonts? Does that grab your attention? Sure, you can still think it’s not that important. While the qualities mentioned above may give a bit of an edge to OpenType/CFF, I’m certain that they won’t persuade everyone.
This conversion, if not done properly, may result in distortions to the outlines. Many of the designs available in TrueType format may actually have started their life as PostScript outlines - type lingo for cubic Béziers - and were converted at some point in the process. I would say that the majority of type designers prefers to use cubic Béziers because they’re easier to manipulate and are able to represent a wide variety of curves with fewer points than quadratic Béziers. Cubic Bézier (left) and quadratic Bézier (right).
