Microsoft KB Archive/64314

Using the PowerPoint Supplemental Bitstream Softfonts PSS ID Number: Q64314 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The supplemental Bitstream softfonts that are available by sending in the order form included with Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows contain Dutch, Swiss, and ITC Zapf Dingbats typefaces.

When installing the fontware installation program, the only application that will be listed for installing soft fonts will be Microsoft Windows versions 2.00, 2.03, 2.10, and 2.11. However, the soft font package is not only for Windows 2.00, 2.03, 2.10, and 2.11; it’s also for Windows 3.00.

Even though the package is advertised and labeled “for PowerPoint for Windows,” the fonts will be available in other Windows programs, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word for Windows.

Once you have chosen the application for which you want to install, you will be asked to select the type of graphics card you have (VGA, EGA, etc.). If you have a graphics driver for a resolution above VGA 640 x 480, select VGA because the fonts are the same for VGA and Super VGA.

When you choose the character set, you must choose “ANSI Windows for SWA” because all of the typefaces are SWA fonts. If you do not make this selection, some characters may not be created and may be substituted when you try to print.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.