Where to Find Information About TrueType Font Support
  
PSS ID Number: Q101758
Article last modified on 01-24-1995
 

 

 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, version 6.0
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Word version 6.0 is the first version of Word for MS-DOS to support
TrueType fonts. Word version 6.0 supports the TrueType fonts supplied
with Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 and from the
Microsoft TrueType Font Pack for Windows 1 and 2. You can add TrueType
font support to your Word printer driver files using the MergePRD
utility supplied with Word. For information about installing TrueType
fonts and adding TrueType font support to your printer drivers, use
the following resources:
 
 - "How to use the Microsoft TrueType Font Pack with Word 6.0": This
   5.5-by-8.5-inch card is included in your Word 6.0 retail package
   (0493 part no. 51744).
 
 - TRUETYPE.DOC: This document is supplied with Word 6.0. Setup copies
   this file to your Word program directory.
 
 - Microsoft Knowledge Base: For information on installing TrueType
   fonts if you do not have Windows version 3.1 on your computer,
   query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
      expand.exe and word and truetype and fonts and installing
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Information on installing TrueType fonts and adding TrueType support
to your Word printer drivers is NOT included in Appendix E (pages
183-198), "Using the MergePRD Program," of "Microsoft Word for MS-DOS
Getting Started and Printer Information."
 
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