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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!joero
- From: joero@microsoft.com (Joe Robison)
- Subject: Re: Visual Basic & Helv Font?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.044542.26170@microsoft.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 04:45:42 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp.
- References: <ycfm7sg.jfh@netcom.com> <1992Jul19.224341.20241@engrserver.uark.edu> <1992Jul20.031752.23132@microsoft.com>
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- In article <ycfm7sg.jfh@netcom.com> jfh@netcom.com wrote:
- > 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?
-
- Essentially. (BTW, that should MS Sans Serif, not just MS Sans)
-
- >
- > >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?
-
- I was talking about Windows 3.1 in the above; you won't see Helv in 3.1
- I haven't seen duplicate fonts, but I imagine it is possible if you
- (or the setup program for some application) installs a duplicate of an
- existing font in a way that convinces Windows that they're distinct
- (they might in fact be distinct but have identical names).
- I'm not a font god, so I'm guessing here.
-
- ...........
- Joe Robison
- ...I am not a Microsoft spokeshuman: usual disclaimers apply...
-