Microsoft KB Archive/70066

Rotated Chart Text Doesn't Appear in Excel When Using FaceLift Last reviewed: November 2, 1994 Article ID: Q70066

SUMMARY Sideways-oriented text may not display on a chart in Microsoft Excel version 3.00 when using Bitstream's Facelift soft font utility. This is because Windows vector fonts are re-mapped to Facelift fonts. This can be disabled. Workaround Follow the steps below to re-enable the use of the Windows vector fonts (Modern, Roman, and Script) in the sideways orientation. Use Notepad to open the WIN.INI file in your WINDOWS directory. Scroll through this file until you find a section headed [Typefaces]. Locate the line that says Active=1 and insert a new line immediately below it. On the new line, type: NoSubstVectFonts=1 Save the file and restart Windows. Example [Typefaces] Active=1 NoSubstVectFonts=1 MORE INFORMATION Facelift incorrectly substitutes its own fonts for the Windows vector fonts (Modern, Roman, and Script) by default. Adding the line NoSubstVectFonts=1 to the WIN.INI file, as described above, turns off this substitution. As a result, rotated fonts will map to the Windows vector fonts and your output will include any text that is oriented sideways.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: noupd Last reviewed: November 2, 1994 © 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.