TrueType Collection file. A scheme where multiple TrueType fonts can be stored in a single file, typically used when only a subset of glyphs changes among different designs. They're used in Japanese fonts, where the Kana glyphs change but the Kanji remain the same.
TTFThe recommended file extension for TrueType font files on the PC. On the Macintosh, exactly the same data is in an *'sfnt' resource. The recommended file extension for the TrueType flavour of *OpenType fonts is also TTF. (But Type 1 flavour OpenType fonts should have an OTF extension.)
所以我个人认为TTF才是一个将一种字体定义好的文件格式,它里面应该包括每个字的写法。而TTC是一个链接容器,可能只有部分字体的写法,其他的字体是从别的TTF中链接过来的。
ttc 是TrueType的集合,可能会在一个ttc文件中包含多个type 接口。可以用FontLab, 或者 breakttc.exe 将一个ttc文件分离成多个ttf文件。
宋体是TTC, 黑体是TTF