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Mike
Hello,
I noticed that A2003 has more fonts then A2002. When using them in ADE file,
they're converted into other fonts in an A2002 machine. How do I tell which
fonts can be seen well by older versions of access?
TIA
Mike
I noticed that A2003 has more fonts then A2002. When using them in ADE file,
they're converted into other fonts in an A2002 machine. How do I tell which
fonts can be seen well by older versions of access?
TIA
Mike
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Brendan Reynolds
In Windows, if a font is installed on a PC, it is visible to any Windows
application on that PC. The reason you don't see some of the fonts when
using Access 2002 is not because you are using Access 2002, but because
those fonts are not installed on that PC. When an application requests a
font that is not installed, the operating system attempts to identify an
installed font that is as similar as possible to the requested font, and
substitutes that font instead. Sometimes the operating system finds a close
match and the difference will not be noticed by the average user. Sometimes
no close match is available, and the result can look very strange indeed.
Because the same font might be bundled with many different products, and
because users can install and uninstall fonts independently of other
products, there's no completely sure-fire way of predicting what fonts will
be available on a PC, but you can determine with reasonable certainty what
fonts are most likely to be available.
At the simplest, lowest common denominator level, you're unlikely to
encounter a PC that does not have Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman (and
the Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variants of each of the above) and
Wingdings installed, as these fonts have been included in every version of
Windows since Windows 3.1.
More information on which fonts are installed with various Microsoft
products is available at the following URL ...
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.aspx
application on that PC. The reason you don't see some of the fonts when
using Access 2002 is not because you are using Access 2002, but because
those fonts are not installed on that PC. When an application requests a
font that is not installed, the operating system attempts to identify an
installed font that is as similar as possible to the requested font, and
substitutes that font instead. Sometimes the operating system finds a close
match and the difference will not be noticed by the average user. Sometimes
no close match is available, and the result can look very strange indeed.
Because the same font might be bundled with many different products, and
because users can install and uninstall fonts independently of other
products, there's no completely sure-fire way of predicting what fonts will
be available on a PC, but you can determine with reasonable certainty what
fonts are most likely to be available.
At the simplest, lowest common denominator level, you're unlikely to
encounter a PC that does not have Arial, Courier New, Times New Roman (and
the Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variants of each of the above) and
Wingdings installed, as these fonts have been included in every version of
Windows since Windows 3.1.
More information on which fonts are installed with various Microsoft
products is available at the following URL ...
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.aspx