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Windows Font Basics for New Font Users: Lesson 3 – Font Installation

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Font FAQs
This series of Font FAQs addresses downloading, installation, and troubleshooting issues.
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Written by Judith

March 19, 2008 at 3:03 am

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Windows Font Basics for New Font Users Lesson 2 – Digital Font Formats

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Digital Font Formats
TrueType and PostScript Type 1 fonts come in both Macintosh and Windows formats. You can’t use TrueType or Type 1 fonts for the Mac on a PC running Windows. The newer OpenType font format is cross-platform. You can use the same OpenType fonts on both Macintosh and Windows PC computers.

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Written by Judith

March 18, 2008 at 3:04 am

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Windows Font Basics for New Font Users Lesson 1 – Resident and Soft Fonts

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  Resident and Soft Fonts
  The first step in understanding and using digital fonts is learning just a touch about font formats.There are two broad categories of digital fonts – resident and soft fonts.

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Written by Judith

March 17, 2008 at 11:34 am

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