The Standard Bezier format

The Standard Bezier format is an plain text format consisting of the following operators:

Operator	Description
sc	start of glyph outline
rmt	relative move (same as Type 1 rmoveto operator)
dt	absolute line/draw (same as Type 1 lineto operator)
ct	absolute curve (same as Type 1 curveto operator)
cp	end of sub-path (same as Type 1 closepath operator)
ed	end of glyph outline (same as Type 1 endchar operator)
preflx1	marks start of flex operator, expressed as Type 1 path operators
preflx2	marks end of flex operator
flx	flex operator
beginsubr snc	marks start of new block of hint values
endsubr enc\nnewcolors	marks end of hint values
rb	horizontal stem hint
ry	vertical stem hint
rm	vertical counter hints
rv	horizontal counter hints

Notes

The preflx1/preflx2 sequence provides the same info as the flx sequence; the difference is that the preflx1/preflx2 sequence provides the argument values needed for building a Type 1 string while the flx sequence is simply the 6 rcurveto points. Both sequences are always provided.