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From: dhf@tatum.mitre.org (David H. Friedman)
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Subject: Re: Using ATM with other fonts
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Date: 31 Dec 90 15:22:42 GMT
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.  You can remove the Windows-supplied fonts using Control Panel, but
you will still see names of fonts that are provided by the printer
driver to match internal printer fonts. For example, the Epson 24-pin
driver supplies Courier 10cpi, 12cpi, ... which you can recognize by
the "cpi" suffix, also Roman PS which is the built-in proportional-spaced
printer font.
   The Windows manual mumbles something about not removing Helv because
it's needed for dialog boxes. I haven't had the ambition to try removing
Helv, so I can't tell you what happens.
   My own argument with Windows about fonts is around two things. I'd
like to use a constant-spacing font in dialog boxes for file names, where
the main thing is keystrokes, not looks. Also, I'd like to disable the
ASCII-to-ANSI code translation, at least for Adobe fonts. I can't get to
half of my Zapf Dingbats because they`re coded in ASCII. I know it can be
done, because the Browser bundled with CommandPost has an ASCII/ANSI
select option, and it uses the same Terminal font that Notepad uses.
Morrie Wilson, are you reading this?