Microsoft KB Archive/111347

= Works: Some Fonts Do Not Place or Display Accents Correctly =

Article ID: 111347

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 2.0a
 * Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q111347



SUMMARY
Negative kerning fonts allow you to add diacritical (or accent) marks to characters. Works 2.x for Windows will not display characters correctly with some third-party fonts that support negative kerning (negative spacing). Works 2.x places a space between the character with the accent mark and the next character.

Works 3.0 for Windows will display these characters correctly, but may not show the insertion point correctly if diacritical marks have been added to characters on the same line.



MORE INFORMATION
Negative kerning allows multiple characters to occur in the same location when you use two or more keystrokes. For example, a negative kerning font allows you to type the letter "a" then add a tilde (~) as an accent mark over the letter a. In Works 2.x, the font size must be increased to see the effect on the screen. Also, Print Preview will not display the font correctly; however, it will print properly.

Works 3.0 corrects the problem of spaces occurring between the characters (although with some diacritical marks there may be a small space). In Works 3.0, the screen must be zoomed (about 150 percent) to see the font correctly. The font can be viewed in Print Preview, but you may not be able to zoom in to see the font closer. It will print correctly.

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