Fonts Available on All Windows Systems

ID: Q108826

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b

SUMMARY

In 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.

Below are lists of the fonts installed by default in Windows 3.0 and 3.1.

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Fonts Installed in Windows 3.0


   Font                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 3.1


   Font                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 Available

If 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 FoxPro

FoxPro 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 3.1

Windows 3.0 is not aware of TrueType font technology, and therefore cannot use TrueType fonts.

Windows 3.1, however, is aware of Windows 3.0 font formats, and uses font mapping to choose the 3.1 font that most closely resembles an unavailable 3.0 font.

NOTE: The Windows 3.1 fonts MS Serif and MS Sans Serif replace the Windows 3.0 fonts Tms Rmn and Helv, respectively.

Fixedsys, System, and Terminal Fonts

The 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

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