Re: Fonts on equation editor in W4W

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From: Daniel M Silevitch
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 04:04

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In article <1993Jan12.195848.13397@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> cae@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Charles Elliott) writes:
>
>I've just installed Windows3.1 and WfW2.0 on my PC to find that the
>fonts in the equation edior are not working. In particular I can't get
>Integral signs etc. The fonts Fences and MT??? (can't remember) have 
>installed themselves as TrueType fonts, but when I go into fonts in the
>Windows control panel, examples of these fonts do not show up. I am using
>the HP Deskjet 500 printer driver as supplied with 3.1
>
>When the equation editor loads, I get the message '.. fonts are not available
>on currently selected printer ..' but no amount of reinstalling the editor
>works. On the other machines I use, one is configured to use an Epson LQ-2500
>and the fonts work fine (and the sample text shows up in control panel) and
>the other machine has ATM and works fine.
>
>Any ideas??
>
>Charles
>

This bug is becoming VERY tiresome. I can't believe that MS doesn't know about
it or know how to fix it. For everyone who hasn't heard yet, there is a very
nasty bug in the WinWord 2.0x installation program. The extra fonts for the
Equation Editor are not installed. To install them, open up Control Panel and
go to the Fonts dialog box. Delete the list entries "MT Extra" and "Fences."
DO NOT delete the disk files. Now click on add, and select the fonts "MT Extra
Plain" and "Fences Plain." Click OK, and restart Windows. The fonts will now
be correctly installed.

Note to whoever is maintaining the Windows FAQ. Do us all a favor and add
this bug and the fix to it.

Daniel Silevitch                              dmsilev@athena.mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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