Is Arial.tff a font program?

Hi,
I am a new comer to PDF specification and I saw this line from PDF Reference V1.6:
"For most font types, the font program is defined in a separate font file, which may be either embedded in a PDF stream object or obtained from an external source. The font program contains glyph descriptions that generate glyphs."
My simple question is what is a font program and what is the font file referred in this paragraph? Is a file like Arial.tff a "font file"?
So could anyone give an example or the definition of the term font program?
Thanks.

Yes, a ".ttf" (TrueType Font) is a font file - in that the font program information (as defined by the TrueType specification) is contained in a physical file.
Leonard

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import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
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public Font tnrFont = new Font("Times New Roman",Font.PLAIN,20);
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I dont see what the problem with the code is, but I would suggest the following:
1) comment out all code except for 2 types of fonts. It will make debugging easier.
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3) If you are putting two text messages in two different panels on the display, you will only see one panel if that panel is drawn
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