Microsoft KB Archive/27512

Use of FontSize Field in Character Width Table

PSS ID Number: Q27512 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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In the FontSize field of the Character Width table, the font size should always be expressed in half-points. This is particularly important if width table scaling is used (for example, if the Microspace flag in the PRD header is 16). If Microspace is 16, the actual widths Word uses are the widths in the width table multiplied by the ratio of the FontSize in the Font Description table and the FontSize in the Character Width table.

FontSize in the Character Width table is used only if Microspace is 16. Since the value of 16 for the Microspace flag is not used in earlier versions of Word (that is, the width table scaling feature is not available), some PRDs created earlier than Word version 3.00 express the width table FontSize in twips or 1/300 inch, rather than half-points. This variation does not affect printing in any way.

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