Table 1 — Comparison of Font Models

Characteristic

Font Models

Coded Font

Font Resource

Intelligent Font

Glyph Selection Process
(character-to-glyph mapping)

None
(1-to-1)

Yes (1 Process)
(1-to-1 or M-to-N)

Yes (2 Processes)
(1-to-1 or M-to-N)

Font Data-Structure

Character-to-Glyph Mapping

No
(implied by character code position)

Yes
(external to font resource)

Yes
(in font resource)

Index to Glyphs

Code Position in Code Table

Glyph Identifier
(private or registered)

Glyph Identifier
(private)

Glyph Metrics and Shapes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Additional Data

No

No

Feature Selection,
Layout Transformation