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Re: Unable to install Type 1 fonts in Windows XP

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From: Herb
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:21
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Dave -

When a font family has the four specific styles regular, bold, italic, 
and bold italic, MS Office and most other non-Adobe application 
products display ONLY the regular (or normal or base) name in a font 
list. The bold and italic versions are accessed by applying the "B" 
and/or "I" or changing the text attributes (properties).

A downside of that approach is that there's no way to tell if the font 
has the alternate styles available - because if it DOESN'T, a faux 
bold or faux italic will be created.

Adobe products list each font file separately in their font lists.

Some font families don't use the font and style naming conventions in 
a way compatible with the MS/Windows approach - for example, a font 
with a style "Light", will confuse Windows unless it's given a unique 
FAMILY name. That's an oversimplification; there are some excellent 
texts available on the subject.

All of which has little or nothing to do with the inability to install 
the fonts in the first place. They're two separate and distinct issues!

  - Herb
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