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From: rick@trlamct.trl.oz.au (Rick Coxhill)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Windows Screen/Printer Fonts
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Date: 14 Sep 90 00:56:09 GMT
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Can someone please provide a short tutorial about fonts and mswindows 3.0?
The manual does not have enough information about types of fonts, how
printer and screen fonts are related and other stuff. 

For example, I have a HP Deskjet+ Printer. By default, windows 3.0 provides
a number of fonts for the printer including Helvetica and Roman and Script.
If you use these fonts in Write, they will print on the printer, even though
these fonts are not resident in the printer.

Questions:

1. What is unique about these fonts that allows them to be used as screen and
   printer fonts? Are they linked with the printer driver somehow?
2. If one obtains public domain mswindow fonts, how do you know if they are
   only screen, or both screen and printer fonts? 
3. How do you install public domain fonts? I followed the manual
   instructions, was able to view all the fonts and different sizes in the
   control panel window, but could not get Write to use them.
4. Fonts listed in the control panel have information such as [All],
   [VGA res] etc after the name. Does [All] mean its a vector font? What
   does [VGA res] mean? Are there other types?

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Rick Coxhill. Telecom Australia Research Labs. Clayton. Vic. Aust.