Microsoft KB Archive/70066

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994

Article ID: Q70066

SUMMARY
Sideways-oriented text may not display on a chart in Microsoft Excel version 3.00 when using Bitstream's Facelift soft font utility. This is because Windows vector fonts are re-mapped to Facelift fonts. This can be disabled.

Workaround
Follow the steps below to re-enable the use of the Windows vector fonts (Modern, Roman, and Script) in the sideways orientation.

 Use Notepad to open the WIN.INI file in your WINDOWS directory. Scroll through this file until you find a section headed [Typefaces].  Locate the line that says Active=1 and insert a new line immediately below it.   On the new line, type: NoSubstVectFonts=1  Save the file and restart Windows.

Example
[Typefaces] Active=1 NoSubstVectFonts=1

MORE INFORMATION
Facelift incorrectly substitutes its own fonts for the Windows vector fonts (Modern, Roman, and Script) by default. Adding the line

NoSubstVectFonts=1 to the WIN.INI file, as described above, turns off this substitution. As a result, rotated fonts will map to the Windows vector fonts and your output will include any text that is oriented sideways.
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