INFO: .dbf-style Help Font Changed to Microsoft Sans Serif
Article ID: 130454
Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q130454
SUMMARY
Visual FoxPro uses a different font (Microsoft Sans Serif) in the MS-DOS
style help file. The previous version (2.6) of FoxPro used FoxFont for the
help file.
MORE INFORMATION
FoxFont caused serious problems in localized versions. Some of the higher
ASCII number characters used in FoxFont are special symbols that map to
other symbols in the international code pages.
MS Sans Serif is the Visual FoxPro version 3.0 system font. All dialogs,
wizards, and other interface elements use MS Sans Serif. A design decision
was made to use MS Sans Serif for .DBF style Help. International code pages
map well to MS Sans Serif, so the ASCII character issue was resolved.
Keywords: kbinfo KB130454