Microsoft KB Archive/64114

Using Half Points with Scalable Fonts

PSS ID Number: Q64114 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Printers that support scalable fonts, such as the Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet III or PostScript printers, can scale fonts at half-point (.5) increments (for example, 13.5, 20.5, 35.5).

Half points can be used in the Format Character “font size:” field. Word will accept half points, but when it scales that character, Word will truncate the half point to the whole-integer value (for example, instead of a 13.5-point font, a 13-point font will be used).

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 5.00 and 5.50. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

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