Copyright: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 04:11:06


A set of characters that share common characteristics, such as stroke width and the presence or absence of serifs (short lines at the upper and lower edges of characters).


The five raster fonts are Courier, MS Sans Serif, MS Serif, Small, and Symbol.


The three vector fonts are Modern, Roman, and Script.


In the Fonts folder, TrueType fonts have the icon [image].


In the Fonts folder, OpenType fonts have the icon [image].


In the Fonts folder, vector and raster fonts have the icon [image].


In the Fonts folder, Type 1 fonts have the icon [image].


The OpenType fonts include Arial, Courier New, Lucida Console, Times New Roman, Symbol, and Wingdings.


Selects all the fonts in List of fonts.


Connects a network drive to your computer. The network drive connection will appear in your Drives list so you can search it for the font you want to add.


Lists the available drives you can search for the fonts you want to add.


Specifies whether to copy the fonts to your Fonts folder or to use them directly from the folder in which they are located.


Lists the available folders you can search for the fonts you want to add.


Specifies whether to display only TrueType fonts on your computer.


Lists the available fonts you can add from the drive and folder specified.


Add Fonts dialog box

You can add fonts from your local or network drives. They can either be copied to your Fonts folder, or you can use them from their current folder location.

For information about the options in this dialog box, click a button:

List of fonts

Folders

Drives

Copy fonts to Fonts folder

Select All

Network


Adobe Type 1 fonts are scalable fonts designed to work with PostScript devices.