Microsoft KB Archive/111370

Information: The Role of the TTEMBED.INI File in Word

PSS ID Number: Q111370 Article last modified on 08-10-1995

6.00 6.00a 6.00c 7.00

WINDOWS

= SUMMARY =

The TTEMBED.INI file is a text file that lists the fonts that cannot be embedded in a document. The Word for Windows Setup program installs TTEMBED.INI in the Windows program directory. You cannot embed any font listed in the [Embedding] section of TTEMBED.INI that contains a 0 (zero) value. Resetting the value to 1 has no effect. TTEMBED.INI overrides the Embed TrueType Fonts option. (To locate this option, choose Options from the Tools menu, and select the Save tab.)

By default, TTEMBED.INI includes the TrueType fonts supplied with Windows 3.1. In other words, you cannot embed the Windows 3.1 fonts. It is unnecessary to embed these TrueType fonts because any computer that runs Word 6.0 must also be running version 3.1 or later of Windows; therefore, these fonts are available on any computer running Word 6.0.

If you want to prevent the embedding of any other TrueType font, add the font to your TTEMBED.INI file using the following syntax:

[Embedding] =0

= MORE INFORMATION =

The following is the text of the TTEMBED.INI that Word Setup installs:

[EMBEDDING] Arial=0 Arial Bold=0 Arial Bold Italic=0 Arial Italic=0 Courier New=0 Courier New Bold=0 Courier New Bold Italic=0 Courier New Italic=0 Symbol=0 Times New Roman=0 Times New Roman Bold=0 Times New Roman Bold Italic=0 Times New Roman Italic=0 Wingdings=0

The manufacturer of your TrueType font determines whether or not you can embed the font. If the manufacturer codes the font for restricted licensing, you cannot embed the font or save it with your file. Check the font vendor’s information to see if you can embed the font in your applications that support font embedding (such as Word).

For more information about embedding TrueType fonts and embedding types (namely, installable, editable, and print and preview fonts), see pages 117 and 120 in “Microsoft Word User’s Guide.” If you have Microsoft Word Assistant, you can find more information about embedding TrueType fonts in the Font Assistant online Help (search for “embedding levels”).

For more information about Word Assistant, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

“word assistant” and word6

= REFERENCES =

“Microsoft Word User’s Guide,” version 6.0, pages 115-120

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