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SUMMARYIn your applications, you should use Windows fonts that are likely to be installed on your users' machines. If your application uses fonts other than the ones provided with FoxPro, limit those fonts to the ones found in default Windows installations.
MORE INFORMATIONFonts Installed in Windows 3.0Font Font type ----------------------------- Modern Vector Roman Vector Script Vector Courier Raster Helv Raster Symbol* Raster System Raster Terminal** Raster Tms Rmn Raster * Symbol, rather than ANSI, character set **OEM, rather than ANSI, character set Fonts Installed in Windows 3.1Font Font type ----------------------------- Arial TrueType Courier New TrueType Symbol* TrueType Times New Roman TrueType Wingdings TrueType Modern Vector Roman Vector Script Vector Courier Raster Fixedsys Raster MS Sans Serif Raster MS Serif Raster Small Fonts Raster Symbol* Raster System Raster Terminal** Raster * Symbol, rather than ANSI, character set **OEM, rather than ANSI, character set Symptoms When a Font Is Not AvailableIf a font specified in your FoxPro application is not available, Windows uses font mapping to substitute the most similar available font. Depending on the substitution font used, text may be off-center, too small, or too large. In rare circumstances, it may even be unreadable, as is the case when the font mapper chooses a specialty font such as Symbol as the substitution font. Fonts Included with FoxProFoxPro installs FoxFont and FoxPro Window Font in Windows 3.0. In Windows 3.1, it also installs the TrueType font, FoxPrint. Font Compatibility Between Windows 3.0 and 3.1Windows 3.0 is not aware of TrueType font technology, and therefore cannot use TrueType fonts. Fixedsys, System, and Terminal FontsThe Fixedsys, System, and Terminal fonts have specific uses in Windows itself, and are not normally used by Windows-based applications such as FoxPro.
REFERENCES"Microsoft Windows Resource Kit," version 3.0, page 82 "Microsoft Windows Resource Kit," version 3.1, pages 314 and 317 Additional query words: FoxWin 2.50 greek illegible Keywords : Version : Platform : Issue type : |
Last Reviewed: August 8, 1999 |