Post by thread:[OT]: Courier font

Some programs are not showing the "Courier" font (not "Courier New"), such as Microsoft Word. Some are showing the font as Courier but it actually is "Courier New". Does anybody have this problem? Or know a way to fix this? I am able to choose and use the Courier font succesfully with standard text editors, Microsoft Outlook, etc. I am using Windows XP SP1. The locale language is Turkish. I changed it to English (from Regional and Language Setting in Control Panel) but that does not help. Any ideas? -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

> Some programs are not showing the "Courier" font (not "Courier New"), such > as Microsoft Word. Some are showing the font as Courier but it actually > is > "Courier New". Does anybody have this problem? Did you recently change the default printer, or uninstall the default printer? Cheerful regards, Bob -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads

>Did you recently change the default printer, or uninstall the >default printer? Actually, because of the regional settings problem, I re-installed windows (a fresh copy) and the printer driver installed automatically (hp laserjet 1200). The font did not show right after installation either. All of the computers in our office is the same. Most have Windows 98 SP2, some have XP Pro. MS Excel seem to work fine with Courier font. I am very much troubled, no information (or too much information) can be found in Microsoft Site. MPLAB IDE used to have the same problem (not showing Courier font), back in 6.2 I guess, now it is working fine. Unbelievable. Regards, Omer -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Many programs, including MS Word, only work with True Type (vector) Fonts. The Courier font supplied with Windows is a raster font (.fon) NOT a true type font (.ttf). Raster fonts look terrible when scaled so you really can only choose a few size selections embedded in the font if you want it to look good, all other sizes look terrible. In the case of Courier you can only choose 10, 12 or 15 point for a good look. The True Type Courier New, being a vector font, can be sized in one point increments from 1pt. to over 1000pt and it looks great at any size. Paul > {Original Message removed}