Microsoft KB Archive/68796

PRWIN9101005: 8514/a Font Replacement Problems ID Number: Q68796

3.00 WINDOWS buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9101005

SYMPTOMS When Windows version 3.0 is installed on a system with an 8514/a display, and an application replaces a font with another of the same height and face name but with a different width, some new characters are written with the old font.

CAUSE The 8514/a driver contains a cache routine to ensure that the driver does not waste time loading a font that is already loaded on the video board. The cache routine checks the height and face name of a font; however, it ignores the width of the new font.

RESOLUTION Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows version 3.0. To work around this problem, select a font with a different height or face name and write some text with that font before selecting the font with the original face name and height. This extra font cannot be the system default font.

This problem was corrected in Windows version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00