The Offset Table
The offset table is an optional table that is included in the font family resource whenever any of the other optional tables are included. This table, which is shown in Figure 4-25, allows the font designer to add more tables to the font family resource.
Figure 4-25 The offset table
The offset table consists of an integer count and a variable number of table offset values, each of which is 4 bytes long. There is no data type defined for this table.
- Number of entries. An integer value that specifies the number of offset values in this table minus 1.
- Offset of table. A long integer value that specifies the number of bytes from the start of the offset table to the start of the table.
