Microsoft KB Archive/108826

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b

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SUMMARY
In your applications, you should use Windows fonts that are likely to be installed on your users' machines. If your application uses fonts other than the ones provided with FoxPro, limit those fonts to the ones found in default Windows installations.

Below are lists of the fonts installed by default in Windows 3.0 and 3.1.

Fonts Installed in Windows 3.0
  Font                Font type -

Modern             Vector Roman              Vector Script             Vector Courier            Raster Helv               Raster Symbol*            Raster System             Raster Terminal**         Raster Tms Rmn            Raster


 * Symbol, rather than ANSI, character set
 * OEM, rather than ANSI, character set

Fonts Installed in Windows 3.1
  Font                Font type -

Arial              TrueType Courier New        TrueType Symbol*            TrueType Times New Roman    TrueType Wingdings          TrueType Modern             Vector Roman              Vector Script             Vector Courier            Raster Fixedsys           Raster MS Sans Serif      Raster MS Serif           Raster Small Fonts        Raster Symbol*            Raster System             Raster Terminal**         Raster


 * Symbol, rather than ANSI, character set
 * OEM, rather than ANSI, character set

Symptoms When a Font Is Not Available
If a font specified in your FoxPro application is not available, Windows uses font mapping to substitute the most similar available font. Depending on the substitution font used, text may be off-center, too small, or too large. In rare circumstances, it may even be unreadable, as is the case when the font mapper chooses a specialty font such as Symbol as the substitution font.

Fonts Included with FoxPro
FoxPro installs FoxFont and FoxPro Window Font in Windows 3.0. In Windows 3.1, it also installs the TrueType font, FoxPrint.

Font Compatibility Between Windows 3.0 and 3.1
Windows 3.0 is not aware of TrueType font technology, and therefore cannot use TrueType fonts.

Windows 3.1, however, is aware of Windows 3.0 font formats, and uses font mapping to choose the 3.1 font that most closely resembles an unavailable 3.0 font.

NOTE: The Windows 3.1 fonts MS Serif and MS Sans Serif replace the Windows 3.0 fonts Tms Rmn and Helv, respectively.

Fixedsys, System, and Terminal Fonts
The Fixedsys, System, and Terminal fonts have specific uses in Windows itself, and are not normally used by Windows-based applications such as FoxPro.