OTF to CFF Converter

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Technical Extraction

Isolate the CFF outline data from your OTF font — useful for font engineering, glyph analysis, and integrating outlines into custom workflows.

Instant Results

CFF extraction from OTF completes in moments on our servers. Get the raw font data you need without manual unpacking or specialized software.

Confidential Handling

Your font files are treated with care — uploads are deleted after processing and outputs are purged within 24 hours to protect your IP.

How to convert OTF to CFF

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose cff or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your cff file right afterwards

About formats

OTF (OpenType Font) is a scalable font format jointly developed by Microsoft and Adobe, announced in 1996 and later standardized as ISO/IEC 14496-22. OpenType unifies TrueType and PostScript font technologies under a single container — OTF files with PostScript outlines use CFF/CFF2 tables for cubic Bezier curves, while those with TrueType outlines use quadratic splines in glyf tables (these typically carry the .ttf extension despite being OpenType). The format supports up to 65,535 glyphs per font, enabling comprehensive coverage of Unicode's vast character repertoire including Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, CJK, and mathematical symbols within one file. Advanced typographic features are encoded in GSUB (glyph substitution) and GPOS (glyph positioning) tables, powering contextual alternates, ligatures, small caps, stylistic sets, and complex script shaping. A defining advantage is cross-platform consistency — the same OTF file renders identically on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android without platform-specific builds. The rich OpenType Layout feature system is another major strength, giving designers fine-grained typographic control that was previously impossible in a single font file. OpenType 1.8 introduced variable font technology, allowing continuous interpolation across weight, width, slant, and custom design axes within a single compact file. Universal support in web browsers, design applications, office suites, and operating systems makes OTF the dominant professional font format in modern digital typography.
Initial release: 1996
CFF (Compact Font Format) is a font outline format developed by Adobe Systems around 1996 as a more efficient successor to the Type 1 font representation. CFF uses Type 2 charstrings — an optimized encoding that supports multiple arguments per operator, default value elision, and shared subroutines — to describe the same cubic Bezier glyph outlines as Type 1 but with substantially less storage. A typical CFF font is 20-50% smaller than its Type 1 equivalent. The format can function as a standalone font file or, more commonly, as the outline data table inside an OpenType font container (the CFF table in OTF files with PostScript outlines). CFF supports multiple fonts within a single file through its FontSet structure, sharing global subroutines across the collection to further reduce size. One advantage is compression efficiency without lossy degradation — every control point and hint is preserved exactly, just encoded more compactly. The format also inherits the full hinting capability of Type 1, including stem hints, counter hints, and alignment zones that ensure crisp rendering on low-resolution screens and printers. CFF2, an evolution introduced with OpenType 1.8, adds support for font variations (variable fonts) by allowing interpolation across multiple design axes. Broad support in PDF viewers, web browsers via OpenType, and professional design software makes CFF one of the most widely deployed outline formats in digital typography.
Developer: Adobe Systems
Initial release: 1996

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert OTF to CFF?

CFF is the raw outline format used inside CFF-based OTF fonts. Extracting it is useful for font development, debugging, or integration into custom pipelines.

How do I open a CFF file?

CFF files are typically loaded in font engineering tools, type design applications, or command-line utilities for inspection and further processing.

What data does the CFF file contain?

CFF holds the glyph outlines, subroutine hints, and charstring data — essentially the core typographic shapes without the OpenType wrapper tables.

Is any data lost in this conversion?

OpenType-specific tables like GSUB/GPOS layout features are separate from CFF data. The glyph outlines themselves are preserved in full.

Is OTF to CFF free on Convertio?

Yes — the conversion runs entirely in the cloud at no cost. Just upload your OTF, convert, and download the CFF output from any browser.

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