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- From: jfh@netcom.com (Jack Hamilton)
- Subject: Re: Visual Basic & Helv Font?
- Message-ID: <ycfm7sg.jfh@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 04:42:06 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Jul19.224341.20241@engrserver.uark.edu> <1992Jul20.031752.23132@microsoft.com>
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- In article <1992Jul20.031752.23132@microsoft.com> joero@microsoft.com (Joe
- Robison) writes:
- >
- >On Windows 3.1 (which I assume you are running since you have Arial) the
- >default is MS Sans.
-
- I have the Ariel fonts, and I have Windows 3.0. I think it came with Word
- for Windows 2.0 or Excel 4.0.
-
- >MS Sans is exactly the same as Helv, it just has a
- >different name (for good reasons that aren't worth going into here).
-
- Copyright or trademark on the name?
-
- >Windows converts all requests for Helv into MS Sans, but only provides MS
- >Sans (not Helv) when asked to enumerate all the fonts (which is why you can't
- >find Helv in the font list).
-
- Helv does show up on my font list in 3.0. I've noticed that when I
- enumerate the fonts I get duplicate names. Why is this, and will it still
- happen in 3.1?
-
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