Article ID: 111745
Article Last Modified on 10/15/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q111745
SYMPTOMS
Versions 7.0 and 7.1 of the Macintosh system software ship with TrueType versions of many standard Macintosh fonts. Earlier versions of the system software (6.0.x) include these fonts in bitmap form. The bitmap and TrueType versions of the same font have different fontmetrics, which yield unpredictable results.
For example, if development is done in FoxPro for Macintosh using the TrueType versions of these fonts and the application is subsequently run on a system containing bitmap versions of the fonts, object alignment may not be consistent with what is shown on the development machine, and "Position is off the screen" error messages may occur.
RESOLUTION
To prevent anomalous behavior, machines that will be running the application should have the same type (bitmap or TrueType) of fonts installed as were used during development.
MORE INFORMATION
The current versions of the Macintosh system software contain TrueType versions of these system fonts:
Courier
Geneva
Helvetica
Monaco
New York
Palatino
Times
Additional query words: vFoxMac FoxMac errmsg err msg true type
Keywords: kberrmsg KB111745
