OTF Converter

Convert OpenType fonts (OTF) online for free


Drop or upload your .OTF file
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How to convert your OTF file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OTF file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert OTF to another file type

The converter easily converts your OTF fonts to various formats - free and online. No FontForge or or other Font software needed.

  • OTF to SVG
  • OTF to PDF
  • OTF to PNG
  • OTF to JPG
  • OTF to PCDS
  • OTF to MNG
  • OTF to DDS
  • OTF to PICON
  • OTF to YUV
  • OTF to DPX
  • OTF to PICT
  • OTF to XBM

Convert a file to OTF

To convert other file formats to the "Scalable Outline Font" file type, you need software like FontForge or a similar tool.


About OTF files

The .OTF (OpenType Font) format is a cross-platform scalable outline font developed by Adobe and Microsoft. It builds on the older TrueType format by adding support for PostScript font data and advanced typographic features like ligatures, small caps, and alternate characters. You can open and edit these files using open-source tools like FontForge or commercial software like FontLab.

While .OTF is the industry standard for desktop publishing and print design, it has notable disadvantages. Desktop font files often contain thousands of unnecessary glyphs, resulting in bulky file sizes. This makes raw .OTF files highly inefficient for modern web design, causing slow page load speeds. Furthermore, some legacy design programs, CNC machines, or vinyl plotters exclusively require the older TTF format and will fail to render .OTF curves correctly.

To solve these compatibility and performance issues, you must convert the file based on your intent. For web deployment, convert .OTF to WOFF2. This applies heavy compression specifically optimized for browsers. For legacy desktop software compatibility, convert to TTF. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software on convert.guru.

Note: Rarely, an .OTF file may be an OpenDocument Formula Template or an OpenTuft Tufting Design File. Our system will automatically detect the true internal format when you upload it.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your OTF file.

Users also converted TTF, FONT, SHX, ODT, PF2, OFT, NFTR, VLW, ZIP, JPG, WOFF, SRC and FNT files.


FAQ

If you want to convert OTF file to TTF, WOFF, WOFF2, SHX, SRT, EOT, BDF or PCF, you can use FontForge or similar software from the "Cross-platform scalable typography" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert UFO, WOFF, PFB, GXF, AFM, F3F, SFD, WOFF2, PSF, TTF, TXF or PFM files to OTF, try FontForge or another comparable tool in the "Cross-platform scalable typography" category.



The OTF Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our OTF converter.