Microsoft KB Archive/84470

= Helv and Tms Rmn FontNames Not Available in Windows 3.1 =

Article ID: 84470

Article Last Modified on 12/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 1.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q84470



SUMMARY
Helv and Tms Rmn are no longer listed in the Settings box of the Properties bar as selections for the FontName property in Visual Basic under Windows version 3.1. By default, Windows version 3.1 maps the fonts Helv and Tms Rmn to MS Sans Serif and MS Serif, respectively.



MORE INFORMATION
Visual Basic uses Helv as the default setting for the FontName property of forms and controls. That font is still the default setting for FontName in Visual Basic, even though it is no longer a system font in Windows version 3.1. Helv and Tms Rmn are no longer listed in the drop-down list box in the Properties bar.

In Windows version 3.1, Helv is mapped to MS Sans Serif and Tms Rmn is mapped to MS Serif by default. This appears in the [FontSubstitutes] section of the WIN.INI file. Therefore, FontName can still be set to Helv or Tms Rmn at run-time without producing any errors, even though they are no longer available. Windows will instead use the existing fonts to which they are mapped.

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Keywords: KB84470

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