font variants

[Roedy Green]

I notice on windows, a single font is composed of four or more *.ttf
files in C:\windows.

What glues these together to be considered as a single font in Java?

Does the OS have its own means?

is there something inside the ttf files crosslinking?

Is there a master file somewhere pointing to all the variants?

Does java look for fonts with similar names?
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[John B. Matthews]

I notice on windows, a single font is composed of four or more *.ttf
files in C:\windows.

What glues these together to be considered as a single font in Java?

Does the OS have its own means?

is there something inside the ttf files crosslinking?

Is there a master file somewhere pointing to all the variants?

Does java look for fonts with similar names?

At a guess, they are sub-family variations of style and weight. Lower
quality fonts derive such variations from a single glyph outline, while
higher quality fonts have separate definitions.

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