Version 701 Western Top: Arialnormal Opentype Truetype

The specific string "arialnormal opentype truetype version 701 western top" refers to a technical metadata description for a specific iteration of the Arial font, likely originating from a system's font properties or a third-party font management tool. The Evolution of a Digital Standard

• Printing and publishing applications
• Digital media, such as desktop publishing and graphic design
• Web design, where a sans-serif font is required

It tells you:

Font Formats

• TrueType outlines (historically from Apple’s TrueType format)
• CFF outlines (PostScript Type 2)

Potential Pitfalls and Modern Alternatives

The version 701 Arial has known issues:

Licensing

• Typical license: Proprietary; bundled with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office under their EULA.
• Redistribution: Restricted — embedding and redistribution governed by the vendor license. Check the specific EULA for embedding in PDFs or webfonts.
• Free alternatives: Liberation Sans (metric-compatible), FreeSans (GNU FreeFont), and other open-source sans-serifs suitable as substitutes.

• It was the last version to use the old Microsoft "Core Fonts for the Web" EULA. After version 7.0, licensing terms changed.
• It introduced fractional advance widths for better spacing on PostScript printers.
• It fixed a notorious kern pair issue between 'A' and 'V' that caused overlapping in older versions.
• It is the version embedded in countless PDFs, Word documents, and legacy web apps. If you have a digital form from 2005–2010, it likely references Arial Version 701.