True Type & Type 1 fonts under XP

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5 total messages Started by Michael_Iannantuoni Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:36

#926

Author: Michael_Iannantuoni
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:36

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I hope this is the right place to post this query - apologies if not.

I seem to recall seeing, and it may have been in this forum, that 
Windows XP (in this case sp2) has problems coping with True Type & Type 
1 versions of the same font where the name is the same too.

Can anyone cast any light on this please?

TIA

Michael

Re: True Type & Type 1 fonts under XP

#927

Author: Herb
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:45

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You can't have two fonts with the same internal name(s) installed or 
open at the same time, regardless of their format. In simple terms, if 
you open a font named Myfont, the system KNOWS that it's already open, 
  and will use that cached copy for any future references or requests 
for Myfont.

[speculation] If you've installed duplicates, the one that's found 
first in the registry is the one that will be used.

It's also possible that the system will get confused, using the 
metrics from one font and applying them to the other.

  - Herb

Re: True Type & Type 1 fonts under XP

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Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:53

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...or you could have an application freeze or (maybe) a system crash.

Neil

Re: True Type & Type 1 fonts under XP

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Author: Michael_Iannantuoni
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:44

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Neil_Keller@adobeforums.com wrote:
> ...or you could have an application freeze or (maybe) a system crash.
>
> Neil
>   
Thanks both Neil & Herb for the clarification.

Michael

Re: True Type & Type 1 fonts under XP

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Author: Thomas_Phinney
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:33

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I'll note that this can happen regardless of font formats involved, and of Windows version as well. It's a problem anywhere from Windows 3.1 to Windows Vista, AFAIK.

Cheers,

T

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