## Difference Between Word and Windows TrueType Font Files

Q103754

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, version 6.0

## SUMMARY

The file size of the TrueType font files (.TTF) supplied with Word for MS-DOS is larger than the file size of the corresponding TrueType font files supplied with Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1. This is because the Word .TTF files include support for additional character sets, namely the Greek, mathematics, and lower ASCII symbols Word uses to create bullets.
If you want to conserve hard disk space by using the same .TTF files in both Windows and Word, replace your Windows .TTF files with the ones supplied with Word. This article contains a list of the .TTF files supplied with both Word and Windows.
If you change the location of the TrueType fonts that Windows uses, you must update the [Fonts] section of your WIN.INI file to reflect the new location.

## MORE INFORMATION

The following is a list of the .TTF files supplied with Word, including file size:

    TrueType Font    File
    Filename         Size
    ----------------------
    ARIAL.TTF        78576
    ARIALB.TTF       78064
    ARIALI.TTF       71468
    ARIALZ.TTF       82320
    COUR.TTF         85692
    COURB.TTF        91796
    COURI.TTF        93972
    COURZ.TTF        97056
    SYMBOL.TTF       64516
    TIMES.TTF        98416
    TIMESB.TTF       93748
    TIMESI.TTF       91776
    TIMESZ.TTF       89728
    WINGDING.TTF     71052

The following is a list of the .TTF files supplied with Windows version 3.1, including file size. These files are located in the SYSTEM subdirectory of the Windows program directory (for example, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM).

    TrueType Font    File
    Filename         Size
    ----------------------
    ARIAL.TTF        65692
    ARIALBD.TTF      66080
    ARIALBI.TTF      71880
    ARIALI.TTF       61656
    COUR.TTF         72356
    COURBD.TTF       78564
    COURBI.TTF       84436
    COURI.TTF        80588
    SYMBOL.TTF       64516
    TIMES.TTF        83260
    TIMESBD.TTF      79804
    TIMESBI.TTF      76452
    TIMESI.TTF       78172
    WINGDING.TTF     71052

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