Microsoft KB Archive/60859

= Vectored Fonts Not Usable in Basic PDS 7.00 =

Article ID: 60859

Article Last Modified on 10/20/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.0
 * Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.1

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This article was previously published under Q60859



SUMMARY
The font files MODERN.FON, SCRIPT.FON, and ROMAN.FON from Microsoft Windows/286 and Microsoft Windows/386 cannot be used with the Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) version 7.00 or 7.10 font toolbox.

The &quot;Microsoft Basic 7.0: Language Reference&quot; manual correctly states on Page 518 that the font toolbox supplied with Basic PDS 7.00 works with any standard Windows bitmap .FON file. However, the files MODERN.FON, SCRIPT.FON, and ROMAN.FON are vectored fonts, not bitmapped fonts. The Basic PDS font toolbox will use the rest of the fonts supplied with Windows/286 or Windows/386 without any problem.



MORE INFORMATION
The difference between bitmapped and vectored fonts is that bitmapped fonts are fixed in size and shape. To get a different-sized font, you must use a different bitmap for each character. Vectored fonts, also called scalable or resizeable fonts, are actually made up of instructions for drawing the different characters. As a result, you can easily resize the figures.

The same .FON files are supplied with Windows/286 and Windows/386.

The message &quot;Bad Font File&quot; will be generated by the Basic PDS font toolbox if it cannot use a specific font.

Additional query words: BasicCom

Keywords: KB60859

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