Microsoft KB Archive/139536

Proj: Some Characters Truncated With Italic Font Style

PSS ID Number: Q139536 Article last modified on 11-28-1995

3.00 4.00 4.10 | 3.00 4.00

WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SYMPTOMS =

Certain characters may be truncated when you use a font such as the Arial italic font. This truncation occurs only if the column is right aligned.

= WORKAROUND =

To work around this problem, try a different font, center or left align the column, or use one of the font’s other available styles (bold, regular, or bold italic).

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The characters that are effected by this problem are:

Lowercase: d f i j l q r v w y Uppercase: H I W M N P T U V W X Y

The amount of the character that is truncated varies based on the slant of the individual character when it is displayed in the italic style.

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= Additional reference words: 3.00 4.00 4.10 truncated type style typeface =

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