Microsoft KB Archive/69218

Label Frame Goes Through Text of Some Typefaces PSS ID Number: Q69218 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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WINDOWS

Summary:

If you create a text label and then give it a frame, depending on the size and typeface of the font used, the frame line may go through the text. The text extends outside of the label object area.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Choose the label tool from the tool column.
 * 2) Click within the slide area. A blinking insertion point will appear.
 * 3) From the Style menu, choose Fonts and select ZapfChancery. If ZapfChancery is not available, change the printer setting to use the Default Target or PostScript driver, then try again.
 * 4) From the Style menu, choose a large font size (72 point) from the Size submenu.
 * 5) Enter some text with the last letter capital “I”.
 * 6) From the Draw menu, choose the Framed command.

The right side of the frame will go through the last letter in the label text.

More Information:

When there is no screen font for ZapfChancery, the Script screen font is substituted, with the character spacing modified to approximate the spacing of the ZapfChancery characters when printed to the PostScript printer. If you were to actually print the slide to the printer, the label text would fit within the frame, unless the point size is quite large. This effect is more pronounced with italicized and decorative typefaces.

Workaround
Add an additional space at the end of the label text, or at the beginning if necessary, to force the frame to be drawn slightly wider than the text.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.