Microsoft KB Archive/82197

= Database in Works 2.0 for Windows Truncates Descenders =

Article ID: 82197

Article Last Modified on 7/30/2001



This article was previously published under Q82197



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Works version 2.0 for Windows Database clips the lower portion of letters such as g, j, p, and y. This problem affects screen display only; characters with descenders print correctly.



MORE INFORMATION
This problem is caused by the way Works 2.0 for Windows scales fonts to produce a &quot;what you see is what you get&quot; (WYSIWYG) document. Works 2.0 scales screen fonts according to the font metrics of similar printer fonts. Although this process generates a WYSIWYG document, the on-screen display is not exact. Truncation of the descenders results from rounding errors.

This problem is most apparent with the 10-point Arial font; however, other fonts (especially other TrueType fonts) may be affected.

Additional query words: 2.00 3.10 true type ttf clipped cuts off scale

Keywords: KB82197

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