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BUG: TrueType Fonts Don't Produce Glyphs in Windows NT 3.51

Article ID: 139510

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51

This article was previously published under Q139510

SYMPTOMS

Some TrueType fonts from other versions of Windows or third party font vendors may not produce glyphs on Windows NT 3.51.

For example, if installed in Windows NT version 3.51, the Traditional Arabic font (Trad.ttf) from Arabic Windows 3.11 will not produce glyphs. The font installs, but attempts to view it produce the default character indicating that the character codes do not have a glyph.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the WINSRV.DLL file included in the latest Windows NT version 3.51 U.S. Service Pack.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The bug can be reproduced by viewing a suspect font in the character map application in Windows NT version 3.50 and version 3.51. A problematic font has no characters in any of the character subsets in Windows NT 3.51 while the characters do show up in Windows NT 3.50.

The TrueType fonts most likely to encounter this problem are those that have been constructed for foreign language versions of Windows such as Arabic Windows version 3.11 or 3.1.

Additional query words: default character far east 3.11 3.10

Keywords: kbbug kbgraphic kboswinnt400fix kbpending kbprogramming KB139510